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Opponents of proposed ICE detention center in Leavenworth make final push as vote nears
Tensions ran high in Leavenworth Tuesday evening. Protesters gathered outside city hall as city leaders considered a private prison company’s application to house immigration detainees in the historic prison town.
Opponents of proposed ICE detention center in Leavenworth make final push as vote nears
Tensions ran high in Leavenworth Tuesday evening. Protesters gathered outside city hall as city leaders considered a private prison company’s application to house immigration detainees in the historic prison town.
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Kansas House overrides vetoes of fetal child support, mandatory school video bills
Kansas House lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s vetoes of two anti-abortion bills Thursday, sending the measures on to the Senate.
Gov. Laura Kelly signs budget bill, issues dozens of line-item vetoes, asks Legislature to try again
Gov. Laura Kelly made an end-of-session plea to the Kansas Legislature after signing a massive state budget bill investing in economic development, water resources and disability services while triggering more than 35 vetoes of provisions labeled as unwarranted earmarks, power grabs or financial gaffes.
Kelly signs popular bill to help law enforcement stock naloxone for opioid overdose cases
Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill unanimously approved by the Kansas Legislature repealing a statute inhibiting the ability of law enforcement to obtain naloxone, a medication to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
Dozens of health organizations urge Kansas governor to veto Medicaid eligibility changes
Nearly 50 health organizations signed a letter urging the Kansas governor to veto a budget provision that would end continuous eligibility in the state’s Medicaid program, which allows public health insurance enrollees to consistently access health care.
Some Kansans may lose free help enrolling in insurance because of federal funding cuts
Navigators help people enroll in Medicaid and insurance on the federal marketplace. Federal funding cuts by the Trump administration mean Kansas will have fewer navigators.
‘Let Kansans live free’: Leaked emails to efficiency portal call for abortion rights, school funding
Top suggestions to Kansas’ Committee on Government Efficiency included maintaining abortion rights, leaving vouchers out of school funding, expanding Medicaid, focusing on substantial policy issues instead of laws targeting trans kids, and legalizing marijuana.
Property taxes are squeezing Kansans. Lawmakers can’t agree how to help
Lawmakers promised major property tax cuts this year, but they’re running out of time. The Kansas House and Senate are at odds on how to do it.
Kansas governor vetoes six bills, drawing GOP condemnation for Friday news dump
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed six bills Friday afternoon, drawing the ire of Republican leadership who promised veto overrides when the Legislature reconvenes April 10.
Vaccination rates down in most Kansas counties where measles cases have been reported
Five of the six Southwest Kansas counties reporting measles cases have seen kindergarten vaccination rates drop, one showing a 24% dip over a four-year period.
Kansas Governor vetoes bill that would extend state budget if lawmakers fail to pass one
Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill that would roll over the previous year’s state budget if the Legislature failed to pass one, pointing out that every legislative body since the state’s founding had managed to pass a budget and she expects nothing less.
Kansas Legislature’s Republican leadership hustling to end annual session in early April
Kansas House and Senate leadership want to quickly conclude their business for 2025. The goal of GOP leaders has been to tie the governor’s hands in terms of budget and tax policy, while avoiding a special session.
Loud, boisterous rival protests of religious freedom among Catholics and satanists turn violent
The bullhorn-powered war of words between satanists and Catholics boiled over into brawling and a handful of arrests Friday during an extraordinary event at the Kansas Capitol that pushed boundaries of free speech and the separation of church and state.
Kansas Legislature passes spending plan that would put state $460M in the hole within three years
The Legislature adopted a spending plan Thursday that fully funds public schools, raises pay for state employees, eliminates DEI initiatives, polices pronouns in emails, and puts the state on a course to face a budget shortfall within three years.
Kansas Legislature passes tax relief with talk of broken promises and out-of-control spending
Two tax bills will head to the Kansas governor’s desk after clearing the Senate Thursday, but Republicans and Democrats differed on whether the tax relief made good on their campaign promises to Kansans.
If you vote by mail in Kansas, you’ll have less time to return your ballot starting next year
Kansas will have one of the shortest mail-in voting periods in the country starting next year.
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