The Kansas Legislature approved a rewrite of the state’s public health laws, disregarding bipartisan concerns the bill was too restrictive. For example, no governmental body or public official could mandate face masks to prevent the spread of any infectious disease.
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The Kansas Legislature didn’t approve money for additional public defenders, but it did support pay raises.
The stakes for the August vote over a Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion access were made clear by the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion striking down federal abortion rights.
AG Derek Schmidt’s office says the Kansas Supreme Court has no business evaluating the fairness of redrawn congressional districts, despite a district court’s ruling that the map is heavily biased toward Republicans and dilutes minority votes.
Senators chose last week to send a bill clearing FDA-approved cannabis medication back to a conference committee over a provision that would allow for legal fentanyl test strips.
Rep. Ron Highland has announced he will not seek reelection. He is among several state representatives stepping back after at least 10 years in the Statehouse.
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.
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.
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.
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.
