Task force member Pat Pettey, a Democratic senator from Kansas City, Kansas, said it would be folly to drop the graduation rate as an indicator of a school district’s ability to prepare students ...

Democrat Sen. Pat Pettey, a Kansas City, Kansas, member of the task force, said Kansas ought to expand its commitment to preparing 3- and 4-year-old children for public school.

Democrat Sen. Pat Pettey, a Kansas City, Kansas, member of the task force, said Kansas ought to expand its commitment to preparing 3- and 4-year-old children for public school.

Kansas City Democratic Sen. Pat Pettey, left, praised signing by Gov. Laura Kelly of bill helpful to equipping law enforcement officers with medication to treat fentanyl overdoses.

Kansas City Democratic Sen. Pat Pettey, left, praised signing by Gov. Laura Kelly of bill helpful to equipping law enforcement officers with medication to treat fentanyl overdoses.

OLATHE, Kan. — The budget for 2026 is being discussed right now in the Kansas Statehouse. Kansas State Senator Pat Pettey recently said legislators have not given the budget the time and work ...

Kansas State Senator Pat Pettey recently said legislators have not given the budget the time and work, it needs this year. Arts communities throughout Kansas face possibility … ...

Kansas State Senator Pat Pettey recently said legislators have not given the budget the time and work, it needs this year. Rescued NASA astronauts deliver message to Trump, Musk after 'incredible ...

The Senate committee’s two Democrats both challenged Peck to justify the rent change. During a March 13 debate on Peck’s proposal, Sen. Pat Pettey, a Kansas City, Kansas, Democrat, asked: “Do you have ...

TOPEKA — Sen. Virgil Peck wants to raise the rent of reporters who write “inaccurate” things about him from their Statehouse offices. The Associated Press, Kansas City Star, Topeka Capital-Journal, ...

During a March 13 debate on Peck’s proposal, Sen. Pat Pettey, a Kansas City, Kansas, Democrat, asked: “Do you have any idea how long we’ve been allowing press to have space in the Capitol?” ...

Sen. Pat Pettey, a Kansas City Democrat, in March 2023 at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. Photo by Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Kansas Senate Democrats attempted Tuesday to insert ...