Jeff King

Republican State Senator Jeff King used to be opposed to expanding Medicaid to provide healthcare for poor Kansans. But now that his hometown hospital is closing, in part because the state has failed to expand Medicaid, he's changing his position on the subject.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR new staff.

Some influential members of the Kansas Senate are criticizing Governor Sam Brownback's plan to get rid of a projected budget shortfall