Stalling is an important tactic for Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle as she tries to push a reluctant House toward canceling a scheduled sales tax decrease.

A D.C. Fire Department official said that the smell eventually dissipated, and there was no fire.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office still is determining whether it can release an accounting firm's report on revisions to a 1998 legal settlement between states and tobacco companies.

Rep. Phil Hermanson invited his girlfriend to the Kansas House on the pretext of helping honor a student from the Wichita area. Turns out the honor was all his.

State Department officials recommended significant changes in the widely debunked talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last September.

The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election

A committee in the Kansas Legislature is trying to prevent the sale of a parking lot for government workers near the Statehouse.

A Kansas House committee has approved a proposal to spend $1.2 million to fund a new research center for potential medical cures with adult stem cells.

The plan would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans.

Brownback's proposal shifts projected savings from an overhaul of the state's Medicaid program to in-home services for the disabled.

A Republican-dominated legislative committee will review GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to shift projected savings from an overhaul of the state's Medicaid program into in-home services for the disabled.

Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature had dreamed of ending its annual session in 80 days, a show of efficiency that would have trimmed 10 days off the normal but often-violated schedule.

House Republicans on Wednesday renewed charges that the Obama administration is covering up information about last year's deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, drawing an angry rebuke from Democrats who accused the GOP of politicizing the issue at a jam-packed hearing.

A House Republican and Democrat are pushing a bill that would strip the authority of military officers to overturn convictions for major offenses such as sexual assault.

Kansas lawmakers are hoping to resume negotiations over proposals for additional cuts in individual income taxes.

Kansas legislators are returning to the Statehouse to resume the 2013 session, continuing negotiations to settle spending issues for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

South-central Kansas lawmakers plan to hear questions and comments from the public on the state legislative session.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is close to winning legislative approval for new power for his office to investigate and prosecute election fraud cases.

The lawsuit stemmed from the Legislature's impasse last year over redrawing the state's political boundaries to ensure equal representation.

Brownback sent a letter Thursday to Holder defending the law, which took effect last week.

The Senate and House moved on Tuesday to restore the missing letter to the word "accounts" in a bill that will allow the Federal Aviation Administration to withdraw its furloughs of air traffic controllers.

President Barack Obama is asserting that he still retains influence in the capital despite recent setbacks.

The bill would fund payroll for controllers cut due to furloughs

A Kansas House committee has resumed work on the 2014 state budget, but leaders say the group isn't likely to produce a bill that will be debated in May.

With Obama's cooperation, Congress ended furloughs of air traffic controllers that have caused major flight delays.