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State Government May 1, 2022 - 2:16 am

Kansas governor, legislators offer support for Andover after ‘stunning and heartbreaking’ tornado

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly on Saturday surveyed damage in Andover and promised to help the town recover from the large and destructive tornado that tore through the town the night before.

State Government April 29, 2022 - 9:08 pm

Kansas Supreme Court to say if Republicans gerrymandered the state’s congressional map

by Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service

The Kansas Supreme Court will consider if district court judge correctly followed the state constitution when ruling the Republican-led Kansas Legislature drew a racially and politically gerrymandered congressional map.

State Government April 29, 2022 - 9:33 am

Kansas Democrat threatens to recruit parents to sue schools for lack of honest history lessons

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Rep. Valdenia Winn offered a proposal to House Republicans: If they were to override the governor’s veto of legislation installing a parental bill of rights, she would recruit parents to file lawsuits over the lack of honest history lessons in public schools.

State Government April 28, 2022 - 2:56 pm

Kansas lawmakers fall a few votes short of banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

by Stephen Koranda and Jim McLean, Kansas News Service

Kansas House lawmakers failed to override a veto from the governor, spelling the end for a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports.

State Government April 28, 2022 - 1:10 pm

Kansas House overrides veto of bill tying food assistance to employment or job training program

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

House Republicans took the first step Thursday toward an override of the governor’s veto of a bill requiring able-bodied Kansans without dependents to hold a job for 30 hours a week or enroll in a job-training program if they want federal food assistance.

State Government April 27, 2022 - 8:10 pm

Kansas Senate backs gradual elimination of sales tax on food by 2025

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

A Kansas bill providing a multiyear, staggered elimination of the state sales tax on food moved a step closer Wednesday to becoming law.

State Government April 27, 2022 - 9:39 am

Legislature passes bill mandating Kansas counties use watermarked paper ballots

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Legislature sent Gov. Laura Kelly a multifaceted election reform bill containing an unfunded mandate that local governments use ballots printed on watermarked paper.

State Government April 26, 2022 - 2:45 pm

Senate overrides Kelly’s veto of legislation creating parental bill of rights for K-12 education

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Senate accomplished the first of two steps Tuesday required to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a parental bill of rights for K-12 public education that encouraged skepticism of classroom instructional materials and challenges to books on the shelf in school libraries.

State Government April 26, 2022 - 2:39 pm

Kansas senators push transgender athlete debate to new extremes in override of governor’s veto

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Kansas senators pushed debate over a proposed ban on transgender athletes to new extremes involving the KU championship-winning men’s basketball team and child genital inspections.

State Government April 26, 2022 - 11:27 am

Kansas Senate turns back Democrat’s bid to force action on clergy reporting mandate

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Sen. Tom Holland found little support for a motion designed to bring to the full Senate a resolution that would require religious leaders in Kansas to become mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect.

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