TOPEKA, Kansas, April 25 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Signs Bill Protecting Kansans TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bill aimed at protecting Kansans by combating online sexual crimes and strengthening protections for survivors of sexual assault, among other related public safety issues. Senate Bill 186 criminalizes the possession, creation, and distribution of artificial-intelligence (AI) - generated child sexual abuse mater  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 25 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Signs Landmark Bipartisan Early Childhood Legislation: Here's What They're Saying TOPEKA-- Governor Laura Kelly signed Thursday House Bill 2045, a bipartisan compromise to expand access to child care services and consolidate existing early childhood programs into the Office of Early Childhood. The bill was crafted through negotiations with a bipartisan group of Kansas legislators fr  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 25 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Vetoes Senate Bill 24 TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed Senate Bill 24. The following veto message is from Governor Kelly regarding her veto of Senate Bill 24: "The Kansas Promise Scholarship Program provides financial support to Kansans to help them cover the cost of a two-year degree or technical training program. Currently the program is limited to not-for-profit schoo  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 26 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: * * * K-State faculty publish new open-access textbook supporting archival and primary source instruction and research A new open-access textbook edited by Sara K. Kearns, academic services librarian, and Ryan Leimkuehler, university archivist, is now available as a resource to learn more about handling and using archival and primary source materials, as well as a handbook for those who are teaching othe  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 26 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 25, 2025: * * * Kansas Arts Commission Announces 2025 Tallgrass Artists-in-Residence The Kansas Arts Commission (KAC) has announced the selection of 10 outstanding artists and artistic teams from across the United States who will participate in the 2025 Tallgrass Artist Residency program. The residency offers artists time and space to retreat and research in the rural setting of Matfield G  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 25 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KUIA awards 34 grants for research and collaboration abroad LAWRENCE -- KU International Affairs has awarded more than $72,000 in travel grants to 28 KU faculty members and six graduate students to support research and collaboration abroad. These competitively awarded funds were disbursed among University of Kansas faculty and students in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the schools of Architect  more