Politics

Supporters say the technology on turbines would keep lights off unless planes are nearby.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a similar measure in 2019.

The governor is expected to veto it.

Thursday marks the deadline for legislators to wrap up most of their work.

For the past decade, a Wichita-based media agency has promoted Wichita’s Eisenhower National Airport. But this week, the Wichita City Council voted down a new contract with the agency, COPP Media.

Republican legislators in Kansas were poised Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that would ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college, a day after they pushed a broad bathroom bill to passage.

The senate made no changes to the bill, which prohibits electronic cigarettes and vaping products from school buildings.

The state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday from attorneys for the state and abortion providers in two lawsuits.

ConocoPhillips has said the project will produce an estimated 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak.

The question of whether the state should legalize recreational marijuana was the lone item on the March 7 statewide ballot in Oklahoma.