Many Kansas lawmakers have “reluctantly agreed” that some form of a tax increase will be needed to balance the state’s budget, Gov. Mark Parkinson declared Wednesday.

Kansas farmers are expected to plant a record 4.1 million acres of soybeans this spring, along with 4.7 million acres of corn, the most since 1936, Kansas Agricultural Statistics reported Wednesday.

For the first time since November, Kansas made more money than it thought it would.

A House Committee has not taken action on Kansas State Employees pharmacy benefits manager, CVS Caremark.

A Kansas House investigation panel dismissed ethics complaints against House Speaker Mike O'Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, Tuesday.

Tax Freedom Day arrives April 7 in Kansas, the Tax Foundation reported Tuesday.

State of Kansas employees may not be getting the full benefit of generic drug pricing by the state’s contracted pharmacy, CVS Caremark, according to testimony before a House Committee Monday.

Nearly two dozen Kansas state representatives proposed Monday that Kansas join 14 other states in challenging the constitutionality of federal health care legislation passed earlier this month in Washington.

Larger-than-typical Kansas job creations in February helped trim the state's month-long unemployment rate to 6.8 percent, the Kansas Department of Labor reported Friday.

Sharp drops within individual and corporate net income tax collections were a major factor in an overall decline of state revenue in 2009 according the U.S Census Bureau.