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State Government April 11, 2021 - 8:33 pm

Senate panel ready to sanction government entities for competing with private sector

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Senate’s tax committee approved extraordinary legislation holding cities, counties and the state of Kansas responsible for issuing 100% property tax rebates to for-profit businesses construed to be in competition with government entities for delivery of products or services.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 10, 2021 - 10:10 pm

Kansas Legislature passes $20 billion spending blueprint for state, with no money for public schools

by Miranda Davis, Kansas Reflector

The greatest challenge now facing the legislative branch is determining how they will fund public schools.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 9, 2021 - 7:11 pm

Kansas Senate Republicans strip majority leader of title in closed-door meeting

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Senate Republicans ousted Gene Suellentrop from his majority leader title in a secret meeting Friday after he refused to resign over his late-night drunken escapade through Topeka.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 9, 2021 - 1:48 pm

Kansas Senate bans transgender athletes from women’s sports, sends bill to governor

by Miranda Davis, Kansas Reflector

Supporters said the legislation is necessary to prevent discrimination against young women, who they said would not have a level playing field should transgender women be allowed to compete. Opponents said the bill harms and discriminates against transgender children.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 9, 2021 - 12:59 am

Effort to redirect money from public to private schools stumbles in Kansas Senate

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

The rare stumble capped a day in which Republicans passed or forged deals on legislation to ban transgender girls and women from school sports, allow teenagers to carry concealed guns, install NRA-backed school curriculum, and require students to pass a civics exam before they graduate.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 8, 2021 - 11:56 am

Kansas Senate majority leader had 0.17 blood alcohol level in wrong-way pursuit

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop allegedly reeked of alcohol, struggled to speak or walk, and threatened the Kansas Highway Patrol officer who stopped him in the early hours of March 16 for driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 in Topeka.

Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 8, 2021 - 11:34 am

Kansas Senate welcomes teens to concealed-gun club, pulls trigger on NRA-backed school curriculum

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Senate approved a double-barrel package of bills Thursday expanding the right of people as young as 18 to carry concealed firearms and implementing a gun-safety curriculum sponsored by the NRA in K-12 pubic schools.

Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 8, 2021 - 11:17 am

Joint House, Senate panel revives effort to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas Republican legislators from the House and Senate agreed Thursday to insert a […]

Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 7, 2021 - 5:50 pm

Kansas House, Senate come to terms on bill that reshapes K-12 education

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

Kansas senators and representatives reached an agreement Wednesday on a bill reshaping K-12 education primarily through several initiatives designed to give struggling students and families options beyond public schools.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 7, 2021 - 10:17 am

House and Senate negotiators begin wrangling over Kansas K-12 budget and policies

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

Kansas Republican legislators from the House and Senate remain largely divided on several proposed budget and policy elements of K-12 public education in the state.

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