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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.
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.
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AG-backed bill prohibiting ‘sanctuary cities’ brings heavy opposition to Kansas Statehouse
Kansas lawmakers are wrangling with a bill that would prohibit city governments from adopting rules that block cooperation with ICE, aka becoming “sanctuary cities.” The bill drew strong opposition Tuesday.
Republicans introduce proposed redistricting map for Kansas House, Democrats on hold
The redistricting showdown between Republicans and Democrats shifted Monday to the House with the introduction of the GOP’s map accommodating a decade’s worth of rural-to-urban population shift and adhering to the quest for partisan political advantage.
At two-year mark of pandemic, Kansas doctors remember first patient and appetite for information
When the first Kansas patient to be treated for COVID-19 arrived two years ago at the University of Kansas Health System, doctors weren’t sure how to handle the new and scary sickness.
Trio of Kansas Senate redistricting maps introduced by committees with little fanfare
Republicans and Democrats along with a voter advocacy group introduced 3 competing redistricting maps outlining new boundaries for the 40 Kansas Senate districts in response to population shifts during the past decade.
Senate panel backs educational bill of rights for Kansas parents
A Kansas Senate panel approved legislation establishing an “educational bill of rights” for parents of public school children. The bill faced strong opposition and little support in testimony.
Kansas woman embarks on risky journey to retrieve sister’s children from Ukraine
Oksana Seitz left Kansas on Tuesday with plans to travel to Romania and return with her Ukrainian sister’s two children by persuading embassy officials to expedite visas or, if necessary, taking the kids to Mexico and slipping across the U.S. border on foot.
‘Trans girls are girls’: LGBTQ supporters beg Kansas lawmakers to drop sports fight
Support for Senate Bill 484 is fueled by faith-based anti-LGBTQ interests who package the proposal as a necessary protection for girls against a hypothetical threat. The proposed legislation would ban transgender girls from participating in school activities with other girls, or transgender boys from playing with other boys.
Senate bill mandates limit on local governments, school boards amid public health threats
A Senate committee heard Monday about a bill that, among other things, would prevent schools from compelling anyone to carry a document regarding vaccination status. It would allow students, teachers and visitors to schools to opt out of mask or vaccination mandates.
Kansas House member: Lawmakers should compel domestic abusers to relinquish firearms
Rep. Jo Ella Hoye is convinced someone convicted of domestic violence or subjected to protection from abuse order and prohibited from carrying a firearm shouldn’t be allowed to live in a residence stocked with guns and rifles.
Kansas Supreme Court rejects AG’s request to dismiss redistricting lawsuits in Douglas, Wyandotte County courts
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s request to dismiss lawsuits filed in Wyandotte and Douglas counties over redrawn congressional districts.
Olathe East High School officer and administrator injured in shooting; student suspect shot and arrested
A school administrator and resource officer were injured in a shooting Friday morning at Olathe East High School. The suspect, an 18-year-old male student at Olathe East, was shot and injured.
Derek Schmidt embraces integrity of Kansas elections in audio clip from GOP forum
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said during a meet and greet with voters Monday in Harper County that he believes “Kansas elections are solid” and that he has “never seen the evidence” of widespread institutional problems here.
Chris Haxel / KCUR 89.3
Kansas and Missouri saw more gun homicides after ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws began
A new nationwide study found that state laws allowing people to use deadly force in self defense were associated with increases in gun violence. Kansas and Missouri saw some of the nation’s most dramatic increases.
Women’s suffrage memorial backed by near entirety of Kansas Senate gets committee green light
Nearly every state senator has signed on to a bill establishing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement in the state Capitol.
‘Shooting themselves in the foot’: Committee guts Kansas bill to protect water
The prospects for a major overhaul of Kansas water programs dimmed Tuesday after a legislative committee gutted a reform bill meant to give cabinet-level importance to a near crisis in Kansas.
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