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.

The Kansas House has rejected a proposal to make an exception to limits on late-term abortions for pregnancies resulting from rape, incest or sexual abuse of a child.

The future of a planned national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington is up for debate in Congress.

Kansas House members are preparing to debate a proposed $14 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

Kansas legislators are hearing a pitch for starting a 401(k)-style pension plan for new teachers and government workers from former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey and a Nobel Prize-winning economist.

A 2007 abduction and murder has West Virginia lawmakers proposing that wireless service providers help law enforcement track a person's cellphone.

Army Vice Chief of Staff John Campbell is traveling to Kansas this week to meet with officers and senior enlisted soldiers going through a pre-command course at Fort Leavenworth.

The high court will hear arguments Monday over the legality of Arizona's voter-approved requirement that prospective voters document their U.S. citizenship.

The head of the Republican National Committee says the party will spend $10 million this year to send hundreds of paid staffers into communities to talk with Hispanic, black and Asian voters.

ICE Director John Morton admitted 2,228 were released for “solely budgetary reasons.”

If Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signs the measure, North Dakota would have the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S.

The Kansas Legislature is considering bills that would change local elections across the state.

Kansas House Republicans acknowledge they're split over canceling a planned decline in the state sales tax.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has rejected a Republican effort to exempt victims of sexual assault from a proposed assault weapons ban.

The Kansas Senate is preparing to take final action on a bill that cuts the state's individual income tax rates further but also cancels a scheduled drop in the sales tax.

A bill prohibiting public employee unions in Kansas from deducting money from members' paychecks to help finance political activities is advancing in the Legislature.

The Kansas House has approved three proposals to alter the state's gun regulations, including expanding the locations where concealed weapons could be carried.

A Senate committee is ready to approve an assault weapons ban. But once that happens, even the measure's sponsor concedes that it faces a difficult path through Congress.

The GOP's biggest stars are joining thousands of conservatives and tea party activists this week outside Washington.

Kansas Treasurer Ron Estes is reminding legislators to be mindful of maintaining healthy cash balances as they draft the state's budget for the coming fiscal year.