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Lawrence news May 15, 2023 - 3:33 pm

Lawrence Public Library to hold clinic on how to change gender markers on legal documents

by Lawrence Times

The Lawrence Public Library is teaming up with Kansas Legal Services to hold a free clinic Wednesday to help transgender people get their gender markers changed on their Kansas birth certificates and IDs before new anti-trans legislation goes into effect.

State Government May 15, 2023 - 2:52 pm

Kansas, Montana lawmakers object to pronounced riptide of LGBTQ+ ‘erasure’ legislation

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Kansas Rep. Brandon Woodard and Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr pushed back Monday against movement among conservative state legislators to erode non-discrimination protections of LGBTQ+ individuals in a quest to “erase” them from public society.

State Government May 15, 2023 - 12:05 pm

Church and state: Republicans revel in divine plan to turn Kansas into ‘conservative sanctuary’

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

This week, Kansas Reflector is publishing a series of stories that examine the influence of religious beliefs on state government. On Monday, they begin with a GOP official’s plans for turning Kansas into a conservative sanctuary.

Health May 13, 2023 - 2:31 pm

Kansas governor vetoes bill on child COVID-19 vaccines, authority of health officials

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly shot down an anti-vaccination bill that would have blocked child COVID-19 vaccination requirements and stripped authority from public health officials, a move greeted with outrage from Republican leaders in the Legislature.

State Government May 12, 2023 - 5:04 pm

Kansas governor’s latest veto means no major tax cuts in the state this year

by Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service

Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed the final tax relief bill to reach her desk this year. It would have given tax breaks to private businesses that compete with government services — like fitness centers and child care facilities.

Health May 11, 2023 - 3:55 pm

Gov. Kelly signs bipartisan bill decriminalizing use of fentanyl test strips in Kansas

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly had the late Cooper Davis and Sebastain Sheahan in mind Thursday when signing into law bipartisan legislation designed to save lives by decriminalizing in Kansas use of test strips capable of detecting presence of fentanyl in drugs.

State Government May 11, 2023 - 11:23 am

After lying about offer to convert Muslim woman, Kansas senator opines on ‘lost souls’

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Sen. Mark Steffen says he never felt so overwhelmed as when he was caught lying about his offer to convert a Muslim woman.

Education May 10, 2023 - 2:33 pm

Provision of Kansas K-12 funding bill slices state aid to about 100 public school districts

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The school funding bill forwarded by the Kansas Legislature to Gov. Laura Kelly contained an unexpected budget twist that potentially blindsided as many as 100 public school districts with declining enrollment.

Crime & Courts May 4, 2023 - 9:57 pm

U.S. District Court drops gavel on Kansas’ unconstitutional attack of advance mail-in voting

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling Thursday declaring another portion of a 2021 Kansas law passed by the Legislature over the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly to be an infringement of First Amendment rights of speech and association in the U.S. Constitution.

Lawrence news May 4, 2023 - 7:47 pm

Kansans: Act fast if you need to change your gender marker on legal docs, attorney says; here’s how

by Mackenzie Clark

Time is likely limited for transgender folks to get their gender markers changed on their Kansas birth certificates and IDs, according to an attorney who’s an expert on the topic. Here are the basics of how the process works.

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