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Governor Laura Kelly today congratulated Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, on its announcement of the new Bell facility in Wichita.Bell said the Wichita location will support multiple programs and business areas, including engineering, supply...

Governor Laura Kelly today toured the Kansas State University Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) to learn more about its work fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, including through potential vaccine development, medicine discovery, and understanding how...

Governor Laura Kelly today announced that Urban Outfitters’ Inc. (URBN) new 880,000-square-foot omni-channel distribution center will be located on ancillary land at Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County. The partnership between the State of Kansas and...

The following statement is from Governor Laura Kelly regarding the passage of Medicaid expansion in Missouri: “Last night, Missourians voted to join our neighbors in Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma to become the 39th state to expand Medicaid. Every single...

TOPEKA—The State of Kansas starts Fiscal Year 2021 by surpassing its total tax-only collections by $484.6 million compared to July of last fiscal year. Total tax collections for the first month of the fiscal year were $980.8 million. That is $4.6 million,...

Lieutenant Governor Lynn Rogers this week was appointed to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA), a nonpartisan nonprofit serving the nation’s lieutenant governors and seconds-in-command. “It’s an honor to...

Today, the State Finance Council (SFC) unanimously approved the public health, education and economic development proposals recommended by the Executive Committee of the Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) Taskforce for a total of...

Governor Laura Kelly today announced she signed an Executive Order that will extend Executive Order #20-46, which helps make renewing driver’s licenses easier for people across the state.Executive Order #20-60 offers temporary relief from age restrictions...

Today, on World Nature Conservation Day, Governor Laura Kelly announced a proclamation reaffirming the Tallgrass Heartland wind moratorium region of the Flint Hills. The area encompasses portions of 12 Kansas counties containing two thirds of the world’s...

Governor Laura Kelly today announced that the third KANSASWORKS Statewide Virtual Job Fair will be held today, Tuesday, July 28, through Thursday, July 30.“We need to maintain a strong, healthy workforce in our state, and getting Kansans back to work...

Governor Laura Kelly and Lt. Governor Lynn Rogers announced plans and dates for the Office of Rural Prosperity’s (ORP) 2020 Tour. This year’s tour will be completely virtual and will build off the ORP Listening Tour Lt. Governor Rogers led last summer.“The...

The Department of Transportation today proposed a new regulation requiring railroads operating within Kansas to maintain a minimum of two crew members in the control compartment of the lead locomotive unit of a train.“Kansas has faced issues ranging from...

Governor Laura Kelly today announced Secretary Julie Lorenz of the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will serve as Executive Director of the Recovery Office, in addition to serving as Secretary for KDOT. Cheryl Harrison-Lee has taken an interim...

Governor Laura Kelly today announced appointments to Kansas state boards and commissions.Board of Adult Care Home Administrators All of the powers, duties, and functions of the Secretary for the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services granted by...

Governor Laura Kelly announced today a second round of Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Response Supplement (CDBG-CV) funds to 56 Kansas communities. A total of more than $7.2 million is being disbursed to assist communities affected by the...

ICYMI: Editorials and Statements Regarding the State Board of Education’s Vote to Reject Governor Laura Kelly’s School Delay Order  Let schools open, said Kansas education leaders – as they voted from homeThe Wichita Eagle July 22, 2020  Key Quote: “The...

Yesterday Governor Laura Kelly appointed Elk County Attorney Joe E. Lee to the District Magistrate vacancy replacing Judge Kristin Hutchinson, who was appointed to a District Judge position by the Governor on April 7th.“Mr. Lee has capably served Elk and...

TOPEKA - Today, the Kansas Highway Patrol announced Majors Scott Harrington and Josh Kellerman are no longer employed at the agency. The staff changes are part of Superintendent Colonel Herman Jones’ efforts to make the Kansas Highway Patrol as effective...

TOPEKA—Governor Laura Kelly today announced the Department of Commerce’s launch of the new Kansas Certified Sites program, a critical tool that will help accelerate economic development efforts throughout the state.The program, originally created and...

TOPEKA—Governor Laura Kelly today signed Executive Order #20-59 and shared the details for Executive Order #20-58. Executive Order #20-58 can only be signed if the Kansas Board of Education votes to approve her order. Executive Order #20-58 delays schools...

EMPORIA—Governor Laura Kelly and KDOT Secretary Julie Lorenz broke ground on a U.S. 50 Highway expansion project today.This project announced under the previous transportation program, T-WORKS, was delayed in 2016 due to transfers from the State Highway...

The Court of Appeals Nominating Commission today announced the three nominees chosen to fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Judge Steve Leben. Governor Laura Kelly will appoint one nominee to fill the vacancy by the end of August. The...

TOPEKA—Governor Laura Kelly today announced the Office of Recovery’s disbursement of CARES Act funds to Kansas counties.As part of her administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Kelly is directing resources to county officials and local...

Reopening of Kansas schools delayed as Gov. Laura Kelly imposes COVID-19 common sense The Kansas City Star July 15, 2020Key Quote: “Parents, students and teachers should breathe a sigh of relief, albeit 6 feet apart, after Gov. Laura Kelly Wednesday sagely...

TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced today appointments to Kansas state boards and commissions.Behavioral Sciences Regulatory BoardThe mission of the board is to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare from unlawful or unprofessional...

La gobernadora Laura Kelly anunció hoy que el lunes firmará una orden ejecutiva para retrasar la apertura de las escuelas hasta después del feriado del Día del Trabajo."No puedo, en buena conciencia, abrir escuelas cuando los casos en nuestro estado están...

Governor Laura Kelly today announced that on Monday, she will sign an executive order to delay opening schools until after the Labor Day holiday.“I can’t in good conscience open schools when cases in our state are at an all-time high and continuing to...

Today Governor Laura Kelly appointed Amy Cline to fill the vacancy created by retired Judge G. Joseph Pierron Jr. Cline currently resides in Wichita and practices at Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC law firm.“Ms. Cline has worked diligently representing...