2016 legislative session

A batch of new laws passed by Kansas lawmakers during the last legislative session go into effect tomorrow, July 1.Gov. Sam Brownback approved nearly 100…

Much of the credit for keeping Kansas schools open is going to Fairway Republican Rep. Melissa Rooker and other moderates who put forward a plan that…

Updated June 27, 2016: Gov. Sam Brownback signed Substitute for House Bill 2001, which aims to satisfy a mandate from the Kansas Supreme Court to correct…

A new plan to fund public schools got a big boost today when some districts that stand to lose money said they would support the proposal.Several wealthy…

A school funding plan has been making fast progress in the Kansas Legislature, passing out of both House and Senate committees today.The proposal will cut…

The chairman of the Kansas Senate’s budget committee says lawmakers have a preliminary school funding plan. Legislators return to Topeka today for a…

A special session focused on solving Kansas' nettlesome school funding problem begins Thursday. At stake: school itself. The Kansas Supreme Court has...

As Kansas legislators prepared to head back to Topeka for a special session, KMUW's Aileen LeBlanc sat down with two local lawmakers to talk about the…

Representatives of five school boards in Shawnee County are asking Kansas lawmakers for a quick resolution to the school funding dispute. Patrick Woods,…

Kansas lawmakers will return to the Statehouse later this week for a special session focused on education spending, and they’ll have to overcome some…