Max Kautsch: Getting logrolled? Legislator survey exposes weakness in Kansas constitutional limit on bundling (Column)
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Kansas House Democrats: ‘Regressive politics’ drive young people to leave the state
“… Legislators are like, ‘Why are young people leaving Kansas?’ And then all of us say, ‘Regressive politics,’ and then they just ignore it, and then continue their attack,” Democratic Rep. Rui Xu says.
Mark McCormick: This Juneteenth, let’s redefine freedom as parity (Column)
“Parity offers the truer path to freedom for African Americans and to a healthier democracy. Juneteenth’s emancipation remembrance merely marks the first step,” Mark McCormick writes in this Kansas Reflector column.
University of Kansas athletics administrator taking run at Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate
Paul Buskirk, academic support director in the athletics department at KU, said members of his family had always been engaged in service, whether as a teacher, doctor, pastor or in other ways.
Max Kautsch: With open government on the line, we’re calling Kansas legislators to account (Column)
“Kansas voters cannot allow our elected leaders to avoid this crucial issue. … After all, if elected leaders are not sensitive to the concerns of their voters, why should they remain in office?” Max Kautsch, president of the Kansas Coalition for Open Government, writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
Huascar Medina: Anti-immigrant law motivated by xenophobia and racism makes Kansas less welcoming (Column)
“In 70 days, the state of Kansas was able to endanger and alienate immigrants, their families, friends and allies by embracing white supremacist ideologies like xenophobia and racism,” Huascar Medina writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
Clay Wirestone: Simple reforms could make the Kansas Legislature more transparent; leaders don’t want that (Column)
“Each time journalists point out how bad things are (with transparency in the Legislature), we hear a few shocked exclamations. Then everything falls back into familiar patterns, only worse,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
Clay Wirestone: Abortion rights are in peril in Kansas and the U.S.; shock and outrage won’t change that (Column)
“Those who believe passionately in abortion rights will … need to build a movement sturdy, motivated and well-funded enough to battle for decades to come,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
Kate Queram: The wholly unsurprising fate of Roe v. Wade (Column)
“Anti-abortion politicians do not care … about your baby. Their chosen moniker is ‘pro-life,’ but it is far more accurate to label them ‘pro-birth,’” Kate Queram writes in this column for States Newsroom.
Mark McCormick: High-profile law enforcement cases spotlight role of Kansas Fraternal Order of Police (Column)
“The FOP isn’t accountable to citizens yet wields enormous power to shield police officers from punishment for behavior that harms citizens,” Mark McCormick writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
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