Three managed care organizations have increased their presence in Kansas with staff and facilities as they prepare to implement the KanCare system of Medicaid services.

A special council of Kansas officials on Wednesday approved releasing $1 million to implement the state's new system for administering Medicaid services.

Kansas officials are considering their next steps to implement the federal health care law now that the presidential election has been decided and deadlines are looming.

Kansas health officials and policymakers gathered Thursday in Topeka to hear that no single strategy will reduce obesity in the state and everyone will need to help make changes.

Workers' rights groups outlined a series of bills in the House and Senate that attempt to make changes to prevailing wage laws, the state pension plan and a plan carried over from 2011 that would prohibit collecting money from paychecks for contributions to political action committees.

Kansas announced Friday it will stop providing extended unemployment benefits to residents in early January as a result of the improving state economy.

Attorneys for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri asked a federal judge on Monday to require Kansas to pay the group quarterly with federal funds for non-abortion services.

Gov. Sam Brownback's administration is beginning an early retirement program for eligible state employees in an effort to reduce Kansas government spending.