Income and sales tax revenue received by the state of Kansas during the fiscal year ending in June topped by $440 million total collections in the previous fiscal year, officials said.

The Kansas Attorney General's Office dismissed part of a formal complaint and planned to continue investigation of whether the public was denied the right under the Kansas Open Meetings Act to observe business of the Senate after the visitor gallery was closed to staunch a protest, a government transparency group said.

The DUI case against Kansas Sen. Vic Miller is being referred to Shawnee County District Court from Topeka Municipal Court, where Miller used to be chief judge, the city spokeswoman said.

A Kansas state employee health commission's vote to approve a prescription drug benefit contract with CVS Health designed to capture savings of $41 million over three years was denounced by the state's top insurance regulator.

The Kansas Supreme Court issued an opinion reversing a Shawnee County District Court's injunction blocking enforcement of a Topeka ordinance banning the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to people under 21.

Two Kansas House representatives are spearheading a program now in its second year that aims to incorporate culturally relevant teaching methods into K-12 classrooms.

The Kansas Department for Children and Families plans to reduce July 1 the minimum number of hours worked each week by low-income parents to be eligible for state financial assistance with the cost of child care, officials said.