The most expensive drugs now on the market could have to compete with lower-cost generic versions just five years after launching, under a new congressional proposal.

If legislators want to use stimulus money to prop up the budget — and they do — they're limited in how much more they can cut higher ed than public schools.

Kansas legislators are close to finishing work on a bill limiting how many violent sexual predators the state can put in a single county.

Senators have rejected a bill that would remove the mandatory retirement age for the Kansas Supreme Court justices and other judges.

President Obama was asked at his virtual town hall meeting Thursday when people can expect a return of jobs that have been outsourced to other nations.

President Barack Obama had some fun with at least one question at his online town hall, saying he doesn't think legalizing marijuana is a good strategy for turning around the economy.

A House panel has endorsed a lighter approach to trying to stop bailed-out financial institutions from rewarding their employees with hefty bonuses.

The Obama administration has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the financial system designed to impose greater regulation on major players like hedge funds.

Negotiations between the Kansas House and Senate resume over the final version of a $13 billion state budget.

As more Americans turn to government assistance to ride out the recession, they may find themselves required to submit to random drug testing.

President Obama is hosting a town-hall meeting on the economy in the White House and will be taking questions via the internet from people from all over the country.

House lawmakers are softening their stand on denying bonuses to employees of bailed-out financial institutions.

The state's minimum wage is now $2.65, the lowest of any of the 45 states that set their own wage rates for workers who aren't covered by federal law.

The House has given first-round approval to a bill to undo the city of Mulvane's controversial annexation of land for a state-owned casino in Sumner County.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says America's insatiable demand for illegal drugs and inability to stop weapons smuggling into Mexico are fueling an alarming spike in violence along the U.S.-Mexican border.

A former Justice Department attorney who criticized the legal justifications behind former President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping has been confirmed by the Senate.

Kansas legislators approve a bill designed to attract companies that manufacture equipment for solar and wind energy production to the state.

House members passed a bill Wednesday to require the governor to submit budget recommendations to legislators by the first Monday in December.

Senators have given tentative approval to a bill that would remove the mandatory retirement age for the Kansas Supreme Court justices and other judges.

President Barack Obama says that he and NATO's secretary-general would like to see some improvement in how the trans-Atlantic alliance copes with the continuing threat of terrorism.

President Barack Obama's budget director is praising the work of Democrats on a $3.6 trillion budget proposal, saying it advances and protects key White House goals.

The Pentagon is questioning how China intends to use its rapidly expanding military power, including what it calls some "disruptive military technologies."

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the administration wants Congress to act quickly on legislation that would give it sweeping new powers to seize financial firms whose collapse could jeopardize the U.S. economy.

President Obama's nominee to be the next ambassador to Iraq says that one of his top priorities will be to help Iraqis prepare for parliamentary elections in December.

Recent outrage over employee bonuses paid by insurance giant AIG is leading to talk about the government setting executive pay standards.