Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades before the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S.

Governor Laura Kelly’s budget includes $5.5 million to eliminate the co-payments for more than 35,000 students.

TOPEKA —In celebration of Kansas Day, Governor Laura Kelly joined leaders to unveil the new women's suffrage mural in the Statehouse.

A crowd clamored Wednesday at the Kansas Statehouse to see the state’s suffragist icons and family members memorialized in paint.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A new mural was revealed at the Statehouse this Kansas Day. This new work of art celebrates the Kansas suffragette movement, which started in 1859 and ended with the statewide right to vote in 1912. Many were excited to mark the occasion on a day that means so much to Kansans.

The Kansas Chamber business lobbying organization wants to convince the 2025 Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly to pass a law tying increases in state expenditures to the inflation rate and devoting excess revenue to lowering the state’s individual income tax rate to 4.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday announced her annual budget. In a news release from her office, Kelly -- a Democratic governor in her second term in office -- said her fiscal year 2026 budget is balanced and continues to fully fund Kansas’ K-12 public schools.

TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH)—Kansas lawmakers will once again debate a bill set to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The bill is similar to one Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed last year. Republicans came up one vote short of overriding that veto, although similar laws have been implemented across the U.S.

Coon, left, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, right, stand beneath Garibay-Coon's newly unveiled mural honoring Kansas women who campaigned for voting rights, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the

The leading "moderate" in the Sunflower is staying out of this ruckus wherein political leaders proved that they can't even manage their own tempers.

Governor Laura Kelly gave only brief remarks when asked what her thoughts were on a recent heated argument between two elected officials at a Topeka bar. 27 News sought a response from Kelly on the incident on Friday,

Topeka and Shawnee County leaders are unsure what the new White House-mandated federal funding freeze will mean for residents.