TOPEKA, Kansas, March 28 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 27, 2025: * * * 25-SWBT-364-MIS Docket Type: MIS - Miscellaneous Docket Description: Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Application Date Filed: 03/27/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-5063-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 03/27/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 28 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has granted the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board (CURB) the right to intervene in a case concerning Evergy Metro, Inc.'s application to update its Transmission Delivery Charge tariff, as detailed in Docket No. 25-EKME-358-TAR. The KCC also issued protective and discovery orders to govern the proceedings. Evergy filed its tariff update application on March 20, 2025. Subsequently, CURB, citing its statutory mandate to represent   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 28 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has granted the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board (CURB) intervention in a case involving Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., and Evergy Kansas South, Inc.'s proposed updates to their Transmission Delivery Charge tariff, according to Docket No. 25-EKCE-359-TAR. Evergy filed its application for tariff updates on March 20, 2025. Subsequently, CURB, citing its statutory mandate to represent residential and small commercial ratepayers, pe  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 28 -- The Kansas Court of Appeals issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Kansas Court of Appeals to hear oral argument at Emporia State University TOPEKA--A three-judge panel from the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral argument Tuesday, April 8, at Emporia State University in Emporia. The public is invited to attend. The panel will hear two cases starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Web Room in Memorial Union. Judge Amy Cline will serve as presiding j  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 28 -- The Kansas Court of Appeals issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Kansas Court of Appeals to hear oral argument at Pittsburg State University TOPEKA--A three-judge panel from the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral argument Tuesday, April 8, at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg. The public is invited to attend. The panel will hear oral arguments in two cases starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Sharon Kay Dean Recital Hall in McCray Hall. C  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Gutting HHS by Cutting Nearly Quarter of Workforce, Abruptly Canceling Funding for New Mexico State Health Services Trump Administration Guts HHS by Eliminating Nearly 25% of Workforce, Cuts Over $12 Billion in Federal Grants to Fund Infectious Disease Management and Other Critical Health Services Nationwide Amid Measles Outbreak Washington, D.C. - Today  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Rep. Estes Reintroduces Legislation to Protect American Taxpayers Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), joined by every Ways and Means Republican, reintroduced the Unfair Tax Prevention Act to discourage foreign countries from attacking U.S. jobs and tax revenues through the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s Pillar 2 so-called Under Taxed Profit Rule (UTPR) su  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 26, 2025: * * * Madam Speaker, since President Trump was sworn in, illegal crossings have plummeted at our southern border. This past February saw the lowest level of illegal crossings ever recorded in our Nation's history, down 94 percent from February 2024 and 96 percent from the all-time high under the Biden administration. Along the Del Rio Sector o  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Reintroduces SHORT Act to Roll Back Biden-Era Anti Gun Rule Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today re-introduced the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act, legislation that removes the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation of short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and any other weapons under the National Firearms Act (  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall and Scott Introduce Bill to Monitor Treasury Payments After DOGE Finds $4.7 Trillion of Untraced Payments Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today joined Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) in introducing the Locating Every Disbursement in Government Expenditure Records (LEDGER) Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Treasury to track all payments after   more