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Democrats Matt Kleinmann, Nancy Boyda joust on gun violence, immigration, LGBTQ issues
Nancy Boyda and Matt Kleinmann, candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the 2nd congressional district, spoke about their views on gun violence, immigration and LGBTQ issues during an appearance on WIBW-TV.
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Kansas Legislature packages new flat tax rate with quicker end to food tax
Kansas lawmakers passed a tax cut package in the early Friday morning hours that fuses a flat tax rate for individual income with an accelerated reduction in the state sales tax on food, corporate tax breaks and residential property tax relief.
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Kansas Legislature’s budget digs deep to earmark remaining federal stimulus funding
The Kansas Senate signed off on a new state government budget Thursday reallocating unspent federal economic stimulus funding to help communities with infrastructure projects, pump $100 million more into the state’s rainy-day account and support construction of a joint university health science center in Wichita.
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Biden rule on transgender athletes would set conditions on school sports bans
The Biden administration will advance a rule to make it more difficult for schools to exclude transgender youth athletes from competition based on their gender identity, a senior U.S. Education Department official told reporters Thursday.
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Kansas could remove thousands of people from Medicaid rolls. Here’s what to do if you’re on KanCare
Thousands of Kansans are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage as the state begins reviewing who still qualifies after a three-year pause. Experts and health care advocates advise people on how to best prepare.
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Kansas House passes bill allowing parents to remove children from ‘objectionable’ lessons
Legislation that passed the House 76-46 would allow parents to withdraw their children from courses they find objectionable under the assumption that teachers are crossing the line into advocating for radical ideas.
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Grieving mom’s plea to Kansas lawmakers: ‘Do something. This epidemic is killing our kids.’
Crystal Tucker’s 22-year-old son suffered chronic back and chest pain from an old skateboarding accident and decided to buy four oxycodone pills on the black market in an attempt to find temporary relief.
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Kansas lawmakers debate definition of ‘female’ and ‘male’ for county jails
A bill meant to help overburdened county jails is still under debate after lawmakers rolled portions of a “women’s bill of rights” into the legislation.
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Transgender student athlete ban on the books in Kansas, following three years of GOP campaigning
Transgender girls are now blocked from playing women’s sports from kindergarten through college, following the Legislature’s successful override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a transgender student athlete ban.
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Kansas Republicans vote to bar transgender women from women’s bathrooms, prisons and shelters
Kansas lawmakers have advanced legislation that would bar transgender women from women’s bathrooms, women’s prisons, women’s locker rooms and domestic violence shelters.
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Kansas lawmakers plan to use COVID-19 funds to expand voucher program to public school students
A new form of the long-debated Kansas voucher program for private schools would fund the program with federal COVID-19 dollars and provide $1,000 for public school students.