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Kansas Legislature shields crisis pregnancy centers with anti-abortion bill
Crisis pregnancy centers could reap protections under a bill passed by Kansas Republicans. Medical experts have found that the centers can delay access to health care and promulgate inaccurate information.
Kansas Legislature shields crisis pregnancy centers with anti-abortion bill
Crisis pregnancy centers could reap protections under a bill passed by Kansas Republicans. Medical experts have found that the centers can delay access to health care and promulgate inaccurate information.
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Transgender Kansans had their IDs invalidated overnight, causing confusion and panic
Some transgender Kansans received letters urging them to request new IDs that conflict with their gender identity and presentation, because their current ones are “invalid immediately.” It’s the result of a new law that also regulates which bathrooms transgender people are allowed to use.
Kansas Senate approves cap on property valuations, despite questions on real tax savings
The Kansas Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to cap property valuation increases at 3%, the first step toward achieving a constitutional change that would need to be approved by voters.
Senate bill would uncork round-the-clock drinking in Kansas during FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup games will go around-the-clock, but under current law the alcoholic drinks in Kansas will stop before the final whistle. A proposed Senate bill would change that.
Kansas House dramatically amends bill aimed at constraining local property tax increases
The Kansas House voted Wednesday to alter significant provisions of a bipartisan property tax reform bill granting the public a direct voice in decisions by local government to raise property taxes more than 3% annually.
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.
Kansas advocates push again for more affordable period products
Young people gathered Tuesday in the Kansas Statehouse to show their support for bills that would make it easier to obtain period products. But they were in the same place last year. And the year before that.
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 state officials begin process of interpreting ‘poorly drafted’ bathroom law
State officials are delving into the language of the law that will force people to use bathroom and private facilities in government buildings that match their sex assigned at birth, challenged by vague language that makes it difficult to know what to do.
Kansas Republicans force transgender bathroom restrictions into law, overriding a veto
Republicans in the Kansas Legislature have forced restrictions on bathroom use by transgender people into state law by overriding the governor’s veto.
Kansas Senate overturns governor’s veto of anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’
The Kansas Senate overturned Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto on Tuesday, putting the state one step closer to forcing people to use bathrooms in government buildings that match their biological sex at birth.
Kansas cell phone ban applying to both public and private schools clears House
TOPEKA — Cell phones are one step closer to disappearing from Kansas classrooms after the […]
The World Cup is the perfect place for disease to spread. Kansas health workers are preparing
A projected 650,000 people will visit the Kansas City region for the World Cup this year, and with that comes the risk of disease spreading and health care demands.
Kansas governor vetoes ‘bathroom bill’ aimed at transgender people
Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a GOP-led bill on Friday that bans transgender people from using restrooms and locker rooms according to their gender identity.
Kansas Senate passes bill scrutinizing free lunch families, dodging challenges from some Republicans
A contingent of Kansas Republicans narrowly advanced a bill that would increase scrutiny of households that qualify for free and reduced lunch, but it fielded pushback from Democrats and fellow Republicans.
Forty individuals, organizations object to Kansas Senate bill adding barriers to food and health aid
Melissa Sabin and dozens of others opposed a Kansas Senate bill that would aggressively expand the state’s process of verifying eligibility for Medicaid, SNAP and other public assistance programs.
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