Retired Holton mechanic Jim Ricketts, 71, is a criminal. That’s because in order to ease the pain of injuries he suffered in a pair of car crashes, he relies on smoking pot — which has allowed him to stop taking opioids.
A Kansas Senate panel approved a redistricting map despite pushback from Democrats and concerns from those testifying that legislators had allowed inadequate time for map analysis.
Kansas lawmakers are wrangling with a bill that would prohibit city governments from adopting rules that block cooperation with ICE, aka becoming “sanctuary cities.” The bill drew strong opposition Tuesday.
The redistricting showdown between Republicans and Democrats shifted Monday to the House with the introduction of the GOP’s map accommodating a decade’s worth of rural-to-urban population shift and adhering to the quest for partisan political advantage.
Republicans and Democrats along with a voter advocacy group introduced 3 competing redistricting maps outlining new boundaries for the 40 Kansas Senate districts in response to population shifts during the past decade.
A Kansas Senate panel approved legislation establishing an “educational bill of rights” for parents of public school children. The bill faced strong opposition and little support in testimony.
Support for Senate Bill 484 is fueled by faith-based anti-LGBTQ interests who package the proposal as a necessary protection for girls against a hypothetical threat. The proposed legislation would ban transgender girls from participating in school activities with other girls, or transgender boys from playing with other boys.
A Senate committee heard Monday about a bill that, among other things, would prevent schools from compelling anyone to carry a document regarding vaccination status. It would allow students, teachers and visitors to schools to opt out of mask or vaccination mandates.
Rep. Jo Ella Hoye is convinced someone convicted of domestic violence or subjected to protection from abuse order and prohibited from carrying a firearm shouldn’t be allowed to live in a residence stocked with guns and rifles.
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s request to dismiss lawsuits filed in Wyandotte and Douglas counties over redrawn congressional districts.
