Matthew Kelly

Rep. Ford Carr filed a formal complaint against Rep. Nick Hoheisel, who confronted him on the House floor last week, halting chamber proceedings for two hours.

“I thought wait, if that would have been the plane that went down, Laura Kelly could appoint two Democrats.”

Meanwhile, another Wichita lawmaker will face no disciplinary action after a confrontation in the House.

The atmosphere in the crowded committee room was tense and at times combative during five hours of testimony and deliberation as Kansas lawmakers debated the role of racial politics and decorum standards in the Legislature.

A former Kansas lawmaker will fill the state House seat he is leaving as he heads to Washington.

“As long as they don’t detain anybody, they can hire as many people as they like,” said Leavenworth City Manager Scott Peterson.

Olathe podcaster Doug Billings had an attorney send a cease and desist letter to April McCoy, his original pick for lieutenant governor.

Anne Parelkar, an immigration attorney from Overland Park, is running for his Senate seat.

GOP officials are facing tough questions about their connections to staffers associated with hateful messages revealed this week.

The threat of financial penalties came amid a dizzying week of legal battles over whether food aid could be released during the shutdown.