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Kansas House passes election bills targeting noncitizens, advance voting
Kansas lawmakers could transform elections with a series of bills that squeeze advance voting timelines, stamp out rare instances of noncitizen voting and tinker with some candidate filing and advocacy rules.
Kansas House passes election bills targeting noncitizens, advance voting
Kansas lawmakers could transform elections with a series of bills that squeeze advance voting timelines, stamp out rare instances of noncitizen voting and tinker with some candidate filing and advocacy rules.
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Kansas AG among Republicans objecting to proposal on teaching about racism
Twenty Republican attorneys general, including Kansas’, argue that public schools should not be given grant funds for “any projects that characterize the United States as irredeemably racist or founded on principles of racism.”
Kansas contemplating $200M–$250M overhaul of law enforcement training center
Proposed modernization of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson at a cost of $200 million to $250 million would adhere to curriculum and instructional reforms necessary to prepare a new generation of public-safety officers, officials said.
Kansas equity panel turns attention to racial disparities in childcare, early childhood education
A panel focused on promoting racial equity in Kansas has homed in on childcare and early childhood education as keys to addressing economic and social disparities among marginalized communities in the state.
Nestlé sues Leavenworth company, alleging defective equipment led to massive cookie dough recall
A Leavenworth company is facing a lawsuit from Nestlé after a sifter manufactured by the company allegedly contaminated flour and led to a national recall of more than two million cases of cookie dough.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Governor signs bill honoring memory of abused Kansas boy fed to hogs by father
Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill Friday that mandates investigations of abuse and neglect include a visual observation of alleged victims. The law recognizes the torture and death of Adrian Jones, whose father fed his remains to pigs.
Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
Governor makes takeout alcohol sales permanent for Kansas bars, restaurants
A new law making the sale of to-go and drive-thru alcohol permanent in Kansas has a Topeka tap house management excited for new possibilities and increased revenue streams.
Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector
‘I have to go out and beg’: Kansas residents grapple with utility costs as shut-offs resume
The Wyandotte County Board of Public Utilities and Evergy have resumed shutting off customers’ power if they don’t pay their bills. Both organizations had issued moratoria at various points during the pandemic and the cold weather months.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Kelly vetoes ‘junk’ health insurance bill, calls for Medicaid expansion
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Wednesday designed to extend duration of so-called “junk” short-term health insurance plans and renewed her commitment to expanding Medicaid to provide coverage to lower-income Kansans.
Kansas foster care employee distributed nude photos of child’s step-mom and kept her job
An employee at a foster care contractor’s Hutchinson office distributed nude photos of a foster child’s stepmother and avoided discipline for the personal attack.
Five of 6 state universities in Kansas, including KU, holding line on undergrad tuition rates
Five of six universities in the Kansas Board of Regents system Wednesday recommended no tuition increase for undergraduate students in the upcoming academic year. K-State outlined a new tuition and fee structure resulting in a 1.2% cost spike for students not enrolled in an online class.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Convening Kansas redistricting town halls before Census data in hand: Efficient or inept?
Kansas lawmakers organizing upcoming work to redraw legislative and congressional district boundaries are wrestling with decisions about whether to begin a series of town hall meetings before arrival in September of detailed population numbers.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Rep. Samsel hit with 3 counts of battery in Wellsville school fracas
The Franklin County attorney compounded legal challenges Monday for a Republican state legislator entangled in a classroom disturbance at Wellsville High School.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
KDHE secretary Norman: Colleagues target of rage, CDC mask guidance ‘bold’
Physician Lee Norman anticipated the risk of deploying to combat zones with the Kansas National Guard, but the doctor didn’t predict the level of animus directed at public health officials by skeptics of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
Kansas House member ordered not to set foot on Wellsville school property for one year
The Wellsville Board of Education ordered Rep. Mark Samsel to serve a one-year ban on entering school property or attending district events in response to his strange and allegedly violent conduct while working last month as a substitute teacher.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Genesis Health Clubs fined $15K for unsolicited telemarketing calls
Genesis Health Clubs Management Inc. was fined $15,000 for violating the Kansas No-Call Act, the Attorney General’s office announced on Friday.
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