State news
Latest
Kansas governor doubtful GOP legislators can pull off congressional redistricting
Gov. Laura Kelly predicted Tuesday the 2026 Legislature wouldn’t muster enough political support to implement a new congressional district map splitting Johnson County and making it easier to defeat U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids in the midterm election.
Kansas governor doubtful GOP legislators can pull off congressional redistricting
Gov. Laura Kelly predicted Tuesday the 2026 Legislature wouldn’t muster enough political support to implement a new congressional district map splitting Johnson County and making it easier to defeat U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids in the midterm election.
Want more state news?
You can read Associated Press coverage of Kansas stories and more online for free here.
KCUR also has paywall-free news from around the state at this link.
We post many, but not all, stories from the Kansas Reflector. Read more of their coverage here.
We also frequently post stories from the Kansas News Service. Read more of their coverage here.
TOP TAGS
Civil rights • Voter rights • Anti-trans legislation • Abortion • Immigration • Municipalities’ local control • Kansas State Board of Education
MORe KANSAS NEWS
Kansas extending reach of COVID-19 childcare, food assistance; here’s how to apply
Low-income Kansans will have wider access to childcare assistance tied to federal aid authorized in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state officials said Thursday.
Kansas groups halt voter registration drives to avoid being jailed under new law
A group of nonprofits are suspending voter registration drives for fear of criminal prosecution under a new state law.
Senate panel votes to support confirmation of three nominees to Board of Regents
The Kansas Senate’s confirmation committee waded into the latest front of the political culture war with questions about critical race theory before voting to recommend approval of Gov. Laura Kelly’s three nominees to the state Board of Regents.
Black kids overrepresented among children ordered into Kansas foster care
A new report by state auditors confirmed overrepresentation of Black children in Kansas foster care and that Black and American Indian children in the system were less likely than white children to be reunified with their parents.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Kansas officials urge vaccination as concerns intensify over Delta variant
Kansas officials are pleading with residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine and protect themselves from the dangerous Delta variant sweeping through the Midwest.
U.S. Supreme Court affirms transgender rights in declining to hear school bathroom case
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not hear a case of a transgender student in Virginia who was barred from using the boys’ bathroom, a decision that affirms lower-court rulings that said treating transgender students differently violates federal law.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
No need for term limits: Legislature’s turnover rate tops 80% in past decade
Only 27 of 165 Kansas legislators holding office in 2010 — a mere 16% — have been able to harness the desire, persuasiveness, money or luck to still hold seats in the House or Senate.
Keep your ear on the ball: Beep Baseball engages sight-impaired athletes
Beep Baseball is a coed game adapted for visually impaired athletes. Its World Series will be played July 25-Aug. 1 in Wichita.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Colyer joins Schmidt in pledging opposition to critical race theory in Kansas schools
Exploring critical race theory would only lead to young children hating the United States, ex-Gov. Jeff Colyer said Thursday. “America is a special place.”
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
New KU research: Kansas counties with mask mandates avoided 500 COVID-19 deaths
New research from KU shows that counties in Kansas that instituted mask mandates experienced significantly lower rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths compared with counties declining to take that precaution.
Board of Regents may raise community college-to-university credit transfer cap
The Kansas Board of Regents may raise to 75 the number of credit hours that could be transferred from a community college to a state university following success of a two-year pilot involving Johnson County Community College and the nearby Edwards campus of the University of Kansas.
Kansas officials boost food assistance through pandemic relief program
Kansas officials are extending and expanding access to a federal relief program for vulnerable families whose children were without school meals because of the pandemic.
Kansas doctors: Troublesome coronavirus variant nicknamed Delta warrants strict scrutiny
More than 100 cases of the COVID-19 variant first identified in India and given the shorthand name Delta have been diagnosed in Kansas, prompting public anxiety this variety could cause more severe illness or a higher degree of fatalities.
College athletes score a big win with U.S. Supreme Court in NCAA dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that the NCAA cannot limit educational compensation to student athletes due to their amateur status.
Kansas ranks 18th nationally in annual report measuring well-being of children
The state of Kansas ranked 18th in terms of child well-being Monday in the annual report evaluating state-by-state evidence of economic, health, education and family trends influencing development of kids.
Don’t miss a beat … Click here to sign up for our email newsletters
Click here to learn more about our newsletters first
