Kansas House members are pressing the White House and the U.S. State Department to approve a permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas.

A bill before the Kansas Legislature would change a state law that allows citizens to convene grand juries.

A Palestinian official says the U.S. is seeking to bring Arab countries into efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in the coming weeks.

Kansas House leaders say they'll take their time on a final version of the new state budget, waiting first to resolve differences with the Senate over taxes.

The tower at Forbes Field in Topeka is no longer on the list and will remain open.

The North Dakota Legislature has passed a resolution that would essentially ban abortion by defining human life as beginning at conception.

A Kansas Senate committee is taking up legislation to block tax breaks for abortion providers and bar public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers.

Democrats controlling the Senate appear on track to pass their first budget in four years, promising a second, almost $1 trillion round of tax increases on top of more than $600 billion in higher taxes on the wealthy enacted in January.

Democrats say they will include expanded background checks for firearms purchasers in the gun-control measure the Senate debates next month

The Kansas House has approved a bill cutting sales and income taxes.

Republican legislators in Kansas who want to put new government employees in a 401(k)-style pension plan have abandoned an effort to pass legislation this year.

An emotional crowd gathered for a House committee hearing on a measure that seeks to repeal a statute allowing in-state tuition for Kansas students without legal residency.

The House has passed a huge stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, sidestepping any threat of a government shutdown.

The Kansas State Board of Education has sent a letter to Gov. Sam Brownback and state legislators reminding them of the board's authority to set state education standards.

President Barack Obama says Palestinians deserve an independent and sovereign state and an end to occupation by Israel.

Legislators are one step from beginning negotiations over how Kansas will spend some $14 billion on government programs in the next fiscal year.

Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick expects the chamber to approve a bill cutting sales and income taxes that's an alternative to a tax plan from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

On the second day of a Mideast tour, U.S. President Barack Obama is set to emphasize the importance of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, a message underscored when militants in Gaza launched rockets into southern Israel.

The Republican-controlled Kansas House has rejected a Democratic member's proposal to provide $45 million in state aid to local governments to hold down property taxes.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed bills placing new restrictions on firearms exactly eight months after dozens of people were shot in a movie theater in suburban Denver.

The Kansas House has given final approval to a bill blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and prohibiting public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers.

The Kansas House has given final approval to the chamber's version of a $14 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, including cuts to higher education.

The sponsor of a proposed assault weapons ban says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told her that the ban will not be part of the initial gun control measure the Senate will debate next month.

The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a bill blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and barring public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers.

The Kansas House has retained language in an anti-abortion bill directing doctors to provide information to women about a disputed potential link between abortion and breast cancer before terminating their pregnancies.