A new survey shows a gulf between popular opinion and political reality in Kansas. Most Kansans support unregulated access to abortion, the legalization of recreational marijuana and Medicaid expansion, according to the survey.
The president of the Kansas Senate said Monday a sufficient number of Senate Republicans signed a petition to call a special session of the Legislature to consider new congressional district boundaries.
The Kansas abortion trial with wide-reaching implications for state lawmakers and health care providers wrapped with arguments over the two sides’ differing definitions of pain, humanity and consciousness.
The federal government shutdown could delay or halt food assistance to 188,000 people in Kansas during November.
KU Chancellor Doug Girod says dismantling of federal funding of university research, lukewarm state budgets, a precipitous drop in college-age students, rise of AI and inflation threaten the future of higher education.
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Women for Kansas will host a virtual talk to inform voters about a 2026 ballot question proposing that voters elect Kansas Supreme Court justices, rather than justices being selected through a merit-based process.
Rep. Alexis Simmons waited until conservative Earl Glynn finished a presentation of proposed reforms to Kansas election law before raising objections with colleagues about the partisan approach of a committee assigned to work on campaign-finance transparency.
Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is volleying fresh criticism at posts made by the state GOP after Politico exposed leaders of the Kansas Young Republicans exchanging racist and homophobic messages.
The federal government shutdown could mean Kansans who rely on food assistance will miss a November payment, and the state is working to determine options should that occur.
The Kansas GOP said the Kansas Young Republicans organization is inactive as of Tuesday after leaked messages showed the group’s leaders making racist and antisemitic remarks.
