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Lawrence news August 22, 2023 - 3:22 pm

‘Sexism from a new lens:’ Kansas athletes point out inequities in face of anti-LGBTQ law

by Sam Bailey, Kansas Reflector

Kylie Forney spent her whole life training to play collegiate softball, a dream deferred by a year because of a shoulder injury easily avoided with better attention for women in athletics.

State Government August 18, 2023 - 2:09 pm

Judge allows transgender Kansans to intervene in Kobach’s driver’s license lawsuit

by Sam Bailey, Kansas Reflector

A district judge has granted a motion allowing transgender Kansans to intervene in AG Kris Kobach’s lawsuit that would require Kansas driver’s licenses to list an individual’s sex assigned at birth instead of their gender.

State Government August 16, 2023 - 1:11 pm

Attorneys battle over request for transgender Kansans to intervene in driver’s license lawsuit

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A judge said Wednesday she would quickly respond to a request by transgender Kansans to intervene in a lawsuit filed by AG Kris Kobach seeking affirmation of his belief a new state law required driver’s licenses to reflect a person’s sex assigned at birth.

State Government August 15, 2023 - 10:28 am

Kansas continues to break legal promise to children in foster care system, report shows

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

An independent evaluation of the Kansas foster care system showed the state, for a second year in a row, failed to make progress in several key areas, and had even more children sleeping in offices than the previous year.

Crime & Courts August 8, 2023 - 6:23 pm

Kansas judge hears first post-Roe challenge to abortion restrictions

by Rose Conlon and Noah Taborda, Kansas News Service

Abortion providers are suing over a handful of new and old abortion restrictions they say violate Kansans’ right to abortion. AG Kris Kobach says the rules are necessary.

State Government August 7, 2023 - 12:57 pm

Gov. Laura Kelly forms PAC to support moderate GOP, Democratic legislative candidates

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly launched a political action committee Monday to support election of moderate Republican and Democratic candidates to the Kansas Legislature and loosen the policy grip of conservative lawmakers at the Capitol.

State Government August 5, 2023 - 11:34 am

Sports betting apps give away free bets worth millions of dollars. Kansans are subsidizing that

by Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service

When Kansas lawmakers legalized sports betting, they seemingly gave lobbyists for casinos everything they wanted. That includes tax exemptions on promotional bets that are aimed at getting bettors hooked.

State Government August 3, 2023 - 3:34 pm

Kobach alleges ‘wobbly’ claims by rivals in Kansas birth-certificate fight an invitation to tyranny

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

AG Kris Kobach asserted in a new legal filing that a court order issued in the wake of a 2018 lawsuit brought by transgender Kansans did not render unconstitutional a new state law requiring birth certificates to reflect a person’s gender at birth.

Lawrence Life August 1, 2023 - 3:09 pm

Lawrence state rep chosen for Obama leadership program

by Sam Bailey, Kansas Reflector

Rep. Christina Haswood, a Lawrence Democrat and the Kansas House minority policy chair, has been chosen as an emerging changemaker for the first iteration of Obama Foundation’s Leaders USA program.

State Government July 31, 2023 - 6:44 pm

Report: Children comprise two-thirds of Kansans removed from state’s Medicaid program

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A Kansas advocacy organization said state records indicated children comprised two-thirds of the 45,000 people who have lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons since the restart in April of eligibility assessments halted during the COVID-19 emergency.

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