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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.
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.
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Here’s everything we know about the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City
After last year’s Super Bowl, close to 1 million fans flooded the streets of downtown Kansas City for a victory parade and rally. To celebrate the team’s second win in a row, Wednesday’s event could bring even more.
Kansas prosecutors seek right to enter evidence of prior bad acts in domestic violence trials
Prosecutor Will Hurst said the scourge of domestic violence was so alarming that Kansas lawmakers ought to allow admission of evidence of a defendant’s prior bad acts to better hold domestic abusers accountable.
Kelly signs bill boosting job prospects for people with disabilities with tax credits, wage grants
Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation expanding a tax credit to incentivize purchase of services or goods from vendors employing people with disabilities and creating a program to help businesses pay people with disabilities at least minimum wage.
Kansas Supreme Court ends five-year hold on jurisdiction of public school funding case
The Kansas Supreme Court issued a two-page order Tuesday releasing jurisdiction of the Gannon v. State school finance case after concluding the Legislature complied with mandates to resolve violations of the Kansas Constitution by suitably funding public education.
Former Marion police chief had ‘pizza party’ after raid, turned off body cam, new lawsuit says
Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody did not remember the Miranda warning when he forced Marion County Record newspaper staff out into the nearly 100-degree heat during a raid that drew international condemnation.
Wave of opposition hits Kansas House bill inviting challenges to public school accreditation
A renewed assault on public education, defended Monday by Republicans on the House K-12 Budget Committee, would set the stage for districts to be stripped of accreditation. The bill wouldn’t hold private schools to comparable accreditation standards.
More than 100K Kansans could be booted from Medicaid by end of redetermination process
Kansas is close to determining who will remain eligible for Medicaid after months of glitches and ongoing confusion over how to reapply. Current estimates suggest thousands of Kansans will be removed from the system.
A transgender Kansas state employee says she was harassed at work after her transition
Shelly Lamb argues in a federal lawsuit that coworkers and inmates at the Kansas Department of Corrections harassed her and the department violated her civil rights and committed sex discrimination because she is a transgender woman.
Kansas disciplinary board dismisses complaint with prosecutor’s false account of police shooting
A secretive Kansas disciplinary board has dismissed a complaint against Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe for releasing a false narrative about the 2018 police killing of John Albers.
Kansas GOP leaders: House — not Senate — possesses votes to override Kelly’s tax veto
Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature said a two-thirds majority of House members were committed to overriding Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a tax reduction bill but a supermajority hadn’t crystalized in the Senate to complete the maneuver.
Kansas governor vetoes ‘reckless’ flat tax proposal
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly announced her veto of a sprawling flat tax proposal Friday, calling the plan “reckless,” and one reminiscent of former Gov. Sam Brownback’s disastrous tax cuts.
Bill blocks Kansas counties from sending unsolicited advance ballot applications to voters
The organization of Kansas county election officers told legislators they opposed a Republican-sponsored bill that would prohibit counties from continuing the practice of mailing unsolicited advance ballot applications to registered voters.
Kansas edges closer to ban on planting Callery pear trees; critic warns: ‘Stay out of my yard’
Under a permanent quarantine the Kansas Department of Agriculture has endorsed, the Callery pear tree couldn’t be sold or planted anywhere in Kansas after Jan. 1, 2027.
Kansas prosecutor, disciplined after she complained about a judge, laments ‘broken’ legal system
Former Montgomery County prosecutor Lisa Montgomery appeared before a judicial ethics panel in May to face retribution for breaking a cardinal rule. She had complained publicly about a sitting judge.
Kansas GOP leaders tout flat tax plan that would save Charles Koch $875K annually
A plan by Republican legislative leaders to flatten income tax rates would save billionaire political donor Charles Koch an estimated $875,000, while most of the state’s workers would save between $37 and $84 annually.
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