WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Works to Cut Waste Through Improper Medicaid Payments for Deceased Beneficiaries Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced her support for bipartisan legislation (link is external) to stop improper Medicaid payments for deceased individuals that had gone unnoticed. A recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report (link is external) of just 14 states found more than $249 million in impr  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * DHS, ICE, and interagency enforcement arrest and extradite Honduran criminal alien WASHINGTON - A Honduran criminal alien, Eswin Mejia, 28, wanted in connection with a tragic 2016 motor vehicle homicide in Douglas County, Nebraska, was arrested and extradited to the United States, March 21 following an extensive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 24 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Signs Bipartisan Bill Expanding Move-Over Protections for all Highway Drivers TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly signed on Monday Senate Bill 8, which requires drivers to move over when passing stationary vehicles displaying hazard warning lights. "Thanks to this commonsense bill, all drivers will now be required to move over or slow down if there is a vehicle on the side of the road w  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 24 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Vetoes Restrictive Voting Legislation TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed Senate Bill 4. The following veto message is from Governor Kelly regarding her veto of Senate Bill 4: "The three-day grace period for mail ballots was a bipartisan solution approved by the Legislature in 2017 to address delays in processing of mail by the United States Postal Service, particular  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Justice Evelyn Wilson announces resignation from Supreme Court TOPEKA--Justice Evelyn Wilson, who has served on the Kansas Supreme Court since January 2020, announced today she will resign effective July 4. In her letter of resignation to Governor Laura Kelly, Wilson cites a recent diagnosis of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, as the reason for her resignation. "My tenure as a Supr  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Kansas Innovation Partners Gather for Gamechangers and Champions Event The Kansas Office of Innovation served as a convening partner last week for the Gamechangers and Champions event, held in Wichita, which brought together a diverse set of partners to support entrepreneurship and innovative startup development in Kansas. The 2025 Gamechangers and Champions was co-presente  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 24, 2025: * * * 25-TRAM-361-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Ares Logistics Solutions LLC Date Filed: 03/24/2025 * * * 25-FSEE-362-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenience Docket Description: Application for FreeState Electric Cooperative Date Filed: 03/24/2025 * * * Original text here: https  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Kansas Supreme Court announces new portal to search appellate cases TOPEKA--Beginning today, people can search appellate cases using a public access portal that not only gives case information but also public case documents. The Kansas Appellate Courts Public Access Portal is part of the Kansas eCourt project to centralize case information on a single web-based platform, transformi  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Rep. Estes Comments on Treasury Memo Regarding OECD Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) issued the following statement after reports that Treasury delivered a memo to the White House in response to President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 executive action on OECD. "I'm pleased to hear that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has followed through on the president's directive to dismantle the disastr  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Estes Reintroduces the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act Today, on World Down Syndrome Day, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) is reintroducing the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act. The act federally prohibits doctors from knowingly performing an abortion because of a baby's prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis. "All children deserve the right to life, and aborting a child based solel  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. LaMalfa Reintroduces End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act Washington, D.C.-- Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) reintroduced H.R. 2202, the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act. This legislation prohibits the use of federal funding for gender transition procedures and bars federal healthcare facilities, physicians, and providers from providing such procedures.   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Reaction to Noem Saying, "We Are Going to Eliminate FEMA." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today during President Trump's Cabinet meeting, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said, "We are going to eliminate FEMA." Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following reaction: "The Trump Administration's grand plan for victims of natural disasters is to abandon them--and it's a complete non-starte  more