Updated: 3:21 PM Top Senate Republicans outlined a proposal Thursday to lower the sales tax on groceries to 4.95 percent but keep it at 6.3 percent on all other items.

Posted: 10:43 AM The Kansas Legislature has approved a bill that makes several changes in alcohol laws.

Posted: 8:54 AM The Kansas Legislature has approved a bill that makes several changes in alcohol laws.

Updated: 8:25 AM Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature still don't have a deal on taxes that would clear the way for the annual session to adjourn.

Updated: 9:13 AM Kansas legislators plan to resume negotiations on tax issues after the House and Senate moved closer to agreement on adjusting the state sales tax.

Updated: 8:26 PM McConnell has been picked as the Main Operating Base (MOB) for the new tankers, beginning in 2016.

Posted: 3:30 PM Details of the $14.5 billion proposal for the fiscal year that starts in July weren't immediately released Tuesday

Updated: 8:41 AM The Kansas House is preparing to vote on legislation restricting the use of state tax dollars to promote or oppose gun-control measures.

Posted: 1:11 PM The bill also would prohibit using state tax dollars to lobby local, state or federal officials on the issue.

Posted: 9:24 AM Proposed cuts in spending on higher education is a key issue for Kansas legislators as the House and Senate attempt to reconcile their differences on the state budget.

Updated: 2:51 PM Negotiations among Kansas legislators on tax issues are stalled amid bickering between Republican leaders in the House and Senate.

Updated: 10:11 AM Negotiations on the Kansas budget for the next two fiscal years have come to an abrupt halt after senators demanded a final offer from the House that could lead to ending the 2013 session.

Updated: 8:36 AM Republicans in the Kansas Senate are preparing to review a new, compromise plan for cutting income taxes and canceling part of a scheduled decline in the state sales tax.

Updated: 8:34 AM Kansas House and Senate negotiators are preparing to go back to work on a new state budget with hopes of bringing the legislative session to a close.

Posted: 11:50 AM Kansas legislators are restarting public negotiations aimed at resolving their differences over tax issues.

Updated: 11:46 AM Kansas senators have approved a bill authorizing the state to issue an additional $202 million in bonds for a new biodefense lab in Manhattan.

Posted: 8:20 AM Top leaders of the Kansas Legislature aren't ruling out the possibility that its annual session might extend into next week.

Updated: 9:13 PM 82 percent of voters favored a sales tax increase to make improvements to EMS and fire stations among other facilities

Posted: 9:05 PM The bar associated voted unanimously Tuesday to reject endorsing state lawmakers proposed constitutional amendment.

Updated: 1:17 PM Republicans in the Kansas Senate plan to discuss tax issues as Gov. Sam Brownback and top GOP legislative leaders continue private negotiations.

Posted: 8:22 AM The Kansas Senate plans to debate Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to authorize an additional $202 million for a new, national biodefense lab.

Posted: 2:03 PM Gov. Sam Brownback says private negotiations on tax issues with the Kansas Legislature's top Republicans are "going well" but he can't predict when GOP leaders will agree on a plan.

Updated: 8:11 AM Kansas legislators are returning to the Statehouse to continue their annual session certain they'll miss their goal of finishing business in 80 days.

Posted: 8:24 AM A committee in the Kansas Legislature is trying to prevent the sale of a parking lot for government workers near the Statehouse.

Updated: 2:18 PM 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.