The Kansas House has advanced property tax relief legislation, but its components must clear several more hurdles, including passage in the Senate, a vote of the people and another round of lawmaking, before its effects are realized.
Starting this fall, Kansas will join at least 20 other states that ban student cell phones in K-12 classrooms statewide.
One legislator called the city of Lawrence “crazy” as conflicting housing bills passed the Kansas House on Wednesday, including one potentially restricting options for low-income renters.
Senate Democrats questioned a plan to require all election-related state lawsuits to be filed in Shawnee County, supposedly to prevent voting rights groups from looking for favorable venues.
A bill giving legal options to tenants who lose their homes because of bad landlords passed the Senate on Tuesday, after an amendment that limited individual tenants’ right to sue.
The Kansas House and Senate went tit-for-tat last week, rebuffing each other’s property tax relief proposals, which have been billed this legislative session as making good on old promises to alleviate Kansans’ residential property tax burdens.
A bill requiring criminals convicted of serious felonies to be held in county jails rather than be released on bond while awaiting sentencing advanced Monday in the Kansas House on a preliminary vote.
More than 10 news entities objected Monday to a bill before the Kansas Legislature granting federal law enforcement officers authority in Kansas to impose 25-foot buffer zones in public spaces and secure immunity in lawsuits.
Lawrence high school students worry their First Amendment rights could be violated under a new Kansas Senate bill, with many students saying they won’t be able to make their voices heard in school if protests are more regulated.
Crisis pregnancy centers could reap protections under a bill passed by Kansas Republicans. Medical experts have found that the centers can delay access to health care and promulgate inaccurate information.
