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Election security, or stripping citizens’ voting rights? FAQs about the amendment on Kansans’ ballots
Kansas’ Constitution already says voters must be citizens. A proposed amendment would add a small yet loaded distinction that opponents say could disenfranchise many eligible voters.
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Kelly issues 13 pandemic executive orders affirming mask mandate
Gov. Laura Kelly reissued a series of executive orders tied to the COVID-19 pandemic that included protocol for wearing a mask indoors at public places.
Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
Behemoth public education policy, budget measure narrowly approved by Kansas House
A bill with wide-ranging impacts to education policy and the public school budget passed the Kansas House by a narrow margin Tuesday despite bipartisan concerns over several provisions.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Kansas Senate advances bill requiring civics test for high schoolers
Sen. Pat Pettey raised concerns during Senate debate Wednesday with jettisoning “what really works to help students learn” in favor of requiring high schoolers to pass a 60-question civics test before they receive a diploma.
Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
Unemployment system overhaul bill receives initial approval by Kansas Senate
The Kansas Senate gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill aimed at overhauling the state’s maligned and outdated unemployment system.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
House GOP kills off another Medicaid expansion attempt by Democrats
Republicans in the Kansas House stiff-armed the latest attempt by Democrats to expand eligibility for Medicaid to 120,000+ lower-income Kansans.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
House rams through preemptive resolution to derail new Kelly mask order
The Kansas House worked to get out front of any effort to extend statewide COVID-19 mask mandates Tuesday.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector; file
Election reform bills bring fiery debate for their impact on voters
TOPEKA — A Senate committee’s handling of an election bill last week and legislation considered […]
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Kansas Senate majority leader drove 90 mph in wrong direction while drunk, charges allege
Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop was charged Friday with drunk driving and felony fleeing from police while traveling 90 MPH in the wrong direction on Interstate 70 in Topeka.
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Kansas House bill would remove guns from abusers
House Bill 2251 would require relinquishment of firearms in instances of domestic violence.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector; file
Don’t Tread on Me license plate draws concerns from legislators for ‘vile, racist’ connection
A bill passed Thursday by the Senate allowing Kansas to print “Don’t Tread on Me” license plates came under scrutiny by Democrats for its association with a former slave owner.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
House, Senate GOP leaders pledge to derail new mask order if re-issued by Kelly
Kansas Republican leaders of the House and Senate pledged to move swiftly to thwart Gov. Laura Kelly’s issuance of a new executive order April 1 directing statewide reliance on face coverings during the pandemic.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Senate, House put seal of approval on liquor bills for state fair and Sunday sales
“I do believe the state has gone too far for opening up alcohol sales and encouraging consumption as early as 9 in the morning on Sundays,” one rep said.
Kirsten Kuhn: Rep. Amyx is just protecting his cut (Column)
“Recent proposed barbering legislation in the Kansas statehouse, while providing few positive changes, continues the tradition of protectionism in the skin of paternalism,” Kirsten Kuhn writes.
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Lawrence rep’s bill on missing and murdered Indigenous people headed to governor
A bill that allows for the Kansas attorney general to coordinate training for law enforcement […]
Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
House committee considers major changes to proposed Kansas medical marijuana act
Proposed amendments to a bill creating the framework for medical marijuana legalization in Kansas would loosen the most restrictive regulations on patient-physician relationships and qualifying conditions.
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