The Kansas Legislature hopes a last-minute bill will lure two major Kansas City professional sports teams — the Chiefs and Royals — to the Sunflower State. Jackson County “dropped the ball,” Rep. Sean Tarwater, R-Stilwell, said of the failure of a ballot initiative to pay for renovations at Arrowhead Stadium and a downtown baseball complex. …

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the tax cut package Wednesday, setting up an override attempt when the Legislature returns. Kelly said the bill was unsustainable and that Kansas “must be mindful of the fiscal mistakes of the previous administration” when providing tax relief. “While I appreciate the bipartisan effort that went into this tax cut package …

Making a final push for Medicaid expansion this session, Gov. Laura Kelly visited the Shawnee County Adult Detention Center on Tuesday. She met with Brian Cole, director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections, Deputy Director Tim Phelps and others to explore how expansion could benefit local jails. Medicaid expansion “would mean a lot,” Cole …

Websites displaying pornography may soon be required to implement age-verification software to block Kansans under 18 from viewing its content. The age-verification requirement for Senate Bill 394, which received preliminary approval on the House floor Monday, is mandatory if one-fourth of the content displayed by a website for a calendar month is considered “harmful to …