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Kansas legislative leadership wobbly on redistricting as January session draws near
Kansas legislators’ messaging has teetered between confident and uncertain as they approach a possible attempt at drawing new Congressional lines in January.
Kansas legislative leadership wobbly on redistricting as January session draws near
Kansas legislators’ messaging has teetered between confident and uncertain as they approach a possible attempt at drawing new Congressional lines in January.
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House Republican wants bonus pay for teachers to replace funding for at-risk students
An Augusta rep. dueled Tuesday with a school board lobbyist over her proposal to create a bonus pay system for teachers by redirecting money earmarked for schools with high concentrations of low-income families.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
Kansas lawmakers want schools to post class lessons online as a tool against critical race theory
In the battle over critical race theory and how to teach about topics like racism or history in Kansas schools, conservative activists and lawmakers have a new clarion call: curriculum transparency.
Kansas panel balances transparency, costs in open records act update
A Kansas Senate panel is considering how best to proceed with amending the state’s open records act to increase transparency without triggering unintended consequences and placing an undue burden on municipalities.
Voting rights groups launch court battle over new Kansas congressional map
The ACLU of Kansas and Loud Light filed lawsuits Monday arguing the congressional map endorsed by a GOP supermajority in the Legislature intentionally violates constitutional rights of Democrats and communities of color.
‘This is punitive’: Kansas Senate committee considers poison pill wind energy bills
A series of bills would transform Kansas — one of the top producers of wind energy for two decades — into one of the most restrictive states in the nation, pro-wind experts say.
Sexual assault survivors Bill of Rights provides Kansans critical trauma supports, advocates say
A bill under consideration in a Kansas House committee would provide a sexual assault survivor with a support person throughout any physical examinations, interviews, investigations or any interaction with the legal system.
Kansas Senate weighing bill to trim property tax for K-12 schools by $150 million annually
Passage of property tax legislation in the Kansas Senate would exempt $100,000 of the assessed value on residential property from the 20-mill tax used by the state to finance public schools and would result in a decline of nearly $150 million annually in state revenue.
Kansas House completes override of Gov. Kelly’s veto of congressional redistricting map
The Kansas House ratified action of their brethren in the Kansas Senate to complete Wednesday an override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the congressional redistricting map that moves Lawrence to the rural 1st District.
GOP-led Kansas Senate reverses course to override governor’s veto of congressional redistricting map
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday succeeded in overriding Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a congressional redistricting map shifting Lawrence to the rural 1st District.
Kansas Senate fails to override governor’s veto of GOP-drawn congressional map
Despite their supermajority, Republicans failed to gather the 27 votes necessary to override the governor’s of a GOP-drawn congressional map.
Kansas House convenes hearing on bill enabling broad use of hearsay at felony preliminary hearings
The Shawnee County DA’s office is lead advocate of a bill allowing hearsay evidence, permitting remote testimony and doing away with a 2-week deadline for felony preliminary hearings.
Kirsten Kuhn: Prohibitionist Kansas GOP should advance adequate medical cannabis laws (Column)
“Once again, backwards Kansas legislators are standing in the way of progress and freedom. … The current proposed medical cannabis bill leaves much to be desired,” Kirsten Kuhn writes in this column.
Kansas governor vetoes GOP congressional map, calls for bipartisan compromise
Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a GOP-drawn congressional map that would divide the Kansas City metro and place Lawrence into a rural district that stretches to the Colorado border.
Senate panel’s debate on ending Kansas food sales tax focuses on finances
One of two Kansas bills eliminating the state sales tax on food and groceries raised concerns in a Senate committee Tuesday over what potential hits to the state highway fund and local and county economies mean for the long-term viability of the tax cut.
Kansas Rep. Suzi Carlson jailed after drunk driving citation in Topeka
Rep. Suzi Carlson was arrested late Monday and booked into Shawnee County Jail for driving under the influence of alcohol and failing to maintain a single lane, Topeka police said Tuesday.
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