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Laura Jeanne Kelly (born January 24, 1950) [1] [2] is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 48th governor of Kansas. A member of the Democratic Party , she represented the 18th district in the Kansas Senate from 2005 to 2019. [ 3 ]
The Kansas State Cabinet, under current Governor Laura Kelly, consists of the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, the Adjutant General, the Superintendent of Highway Patrol, and eleven departments each headed by a Secretary. Lieutenant Governor – chief deputy to the Governor, responsible for acting as Governor during the Governor's absence.
The 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Kansas, with primary elections taking place on August 2, 2022. [2] Governor Laura Kelly ran for re-election to a second term, facing Republican State Attorney General Derek Schmidt in the general election.
Former Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent Mark Bruce must be reinstated to the rank of major, a federal judge ruled Friday, after Bruce was terminated by Gov. Laura Kelly.
Laura Kelly takes D.C. Daniel Desrochers. February 9, 2023 at 11:07 PM. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was in Washington Thursday in her new role as vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
The legislation vetoed by Kelly would tax the top bracket at 5.55% and 5.15% for the bottom bracket, with $23,000 taxable annual income serving as the dividing line between the two rates.
The governor of Kansas is the head of state of Kansas [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [2] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kansas Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and to grant pardons.
Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that would increase penalties for injuring or killing a police dog. In her veto message, Kelly gave three reasons why she didn’t support the bill. It imposes mandatory ...