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Gov. Sam Brownback said he expected the U.S. Senate to vote on his confirmation for a federal job by the end of the year. Gov. Sam Brownback's nomination to be the U.S. ambassador for religious freedom is still stuck in the Senate.
TOPEKA, Kan. - After Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's nomination this summer to an ambassador's post, the fellow Republican destined to succeed him as governor ducked policy questions by declaring, "There's one governor at a time."
Military images - including this picture of a fighter jet - now decorate the renovated North Topeka YMCA building at 1936 N.W. Tyler, which is being transformed into the "Veteran's YMCA" for this community. More than 150 people attended a ceremony held late Saturday morning just outside the branch building at 1936 N.W. Tyler to celebrate its transformation into the "Veteran's YMCA" for this community.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced on Friday Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore, 72, will retire from In this "tell all" with Brian Hanni, the Voice of the Jayhawks, opens up about his current role at the University of Kansas. Kansas State senior Matthew McCrane is one of 20 place kickers in the nation to be named a semifinalist for the 2017 Lou Groza Award, the Pa TOPEKA, Kan.
Timothy Keck, Kansas secretary of aging and disability services, answers questions about a threat from the federal government to cut off funds for patient care at the state's mental hospital in western Kansas, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. Keck says he's confident the state can fix all of the problems cited in a building at Larned State Hospital.
In this July 18, 2017 file photo, Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, third from left, lead justices to their seats to hear arguments on a school funding case before the Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka, Kan. The Court ruled Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, that legislators did not increase spending on the state's public schools enough this year, hinting in its opinion that lawmakers fell hundreds of millions of dollars short a year of providing a suitable education for every child.
The Topeka Capital-Journal captured the Newspaper of the Year award Saturday at the Kansas City Press Club Heart of America awards program. In winning that award, The Capital-Journal staff received seven individual gold awards, five silvers, four bronzes and two honorable mentions in the contest.
In this June 7, 2017, file photo, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback gave a statement to the media in Topeka. Brownback signed a bill Thursday, June 15, that would increase spending on the state's public schools in an effort to comply with a court mandate.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka Kan. Brownback promised early Tuesday June 6 to veto an income tax increase approved by the GOP-control Sam Brownback comments during a news conference about the Legislature's override of his veto of a bill increasing income taxes to fix the state budget, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 , at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.
In this Wednesday, May 17, 2017 photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach shows family photos to a reporters in his office in Topeka, Kan. Kobach has been picked by President Donald J. Trump to help lead a new commission on election fraud.
The threat of an iconic Topeka hospital's closure has reignited Kansas' Medicaid debate. Medicaid expansion is one way lawmakers can help employers and critical health care providers like Topeka's St. Francis Health Center.
Members of Topeka's medical community say St. Francis Health Center's Denver owners could close the hospital after failing to secure a deal with potential buyers. SCL Health, which has reported financial losses in recent years, placed St. Francis on the market 11 months ago, leaving 1,600 employees increasingly anxious about its future.
After announcing he would veto the tax bill sent to him by the legislature, Gov. Sam Brownback officially signed the veto, in his ceremonial office Wednesday, February 22, 2017, as he stood in front of the assembled media. Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of tax legislation represents a "credit negative" to Kansas, a ratings agency said Monday - a label that amounts to a warning shot for the fiscally challenged state.
State Sen. Ty Masterson, R- Andover denounces a tax bill the Senate passed Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. State Sen. Ty Masterson, R- Andover denounces a tax bill the Senate passed Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Topeka, Kan.
J.G. Scott, left, the chief fiscal analyst for the Kansas Legislative Research Department, confers with Bobbi Mariani, another fiscal analyst, during a meeting of the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has endorsed budget-balancing proposals that would allow the state to avoid cuts in education funding.
Ronald Evans, an astronaut, was command module pilot for the Apollo 17 voyage that made the last manned flight to the moon in 1972. Evans was born in 1933 in northwest Kansas.
Representative Ron Ryckman is sworn in as Speaker of the House Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, by Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton Nuss. Rickman's wife Kim is holding the bible.
The Shawnee County legislative delegation placed all three senators on the chamber's budget committee and at least three House members were assigned to committees pivotal to work on tax, judicial, agriculture, energy and budget issues.