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State Government April 15, 2025 - 2:04 pm

Kansas LGBTQ+ foster kids’ rights in jeopardy under new law protecting religious parents

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

The way Kansas LGBTQ+ youths in foster care are placed into homes could change after lawmakers forced a bill into law that permits foster children to be placed with families who don’t affirm a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity based on the parents’ religious or moral beliefs.

Education April 15, 2025 - 9:53 am

Kansas is getting controversial new laws for fetal tax exemptions and ultrasound videos in schools

by Rose Conlon, Kansas News Service

New legislation concerning fetal tax exemptions and fetal development education are coming to Kansas this summer, garnering praise from anti-abortion advocates and criticism from abortion rights supporters.

State Government April 14, 2025 - 3:32 pm

Kansas families with SNAP can still buy soda, candy, but new law adds red tape to assistance

by Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

A bill barring Kansans who use food benefits from buying soda and candy failed to move forward last week, while another bill passed that opponents said would stall stage agencies’ ability to react to changes in assistance programs and disability services.

State Government April 14, 2025 - 12:47 pm

GOP, Democrats blast Legislature for failure to meaningfully lower property taxes in 2025 session

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Promises were made by Republicans and Democrats to address property tax reform during this legislative session. The end of the annual session last week offered evidence the performance of lawmakers on property tax relief was underwhelming.

State Government April 11, 2025 - 1:48 pm

On reflection, Kansas House reverses course to override governor on 15 budget vetoes

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Three Republicans and three Democrats in the House dropped their opposition Friday to overriding Gov. Laura Kelly on 15 budget vetoes to meet the Senate halfway toward restoration of spending earmarks on the verge of being deleted from the appropriations bill.

State Government April 11, 2025 - 11:16 am

Senate rejects all of governor’s budget vetoes; House takes starkly different approach

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

It was all or nothing as the Senate and House considered the tidal wave of budget vetoes generated by Gov. Laura Kelly.

State Government April 10, 2025 - 3:29 pm

Kansas Legislature votes to remove county health officials’ power to ban public gatherings

by Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Legislature overturned the governor’s veto of a bill that opens state and county health officials to civil action for decisions about quarantines and takes away their authority to ban public gatherings in situations of infectious disease.

State Government April 10, 2025 - 1:29 pm

Kansas House overrides vetoes of fetal child support, mandatory school video bills

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

Kansas House lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s vetoes of two anti-abortion bills Thursday, sending the measures on to the Senate.

State Government April 10, 2025 - 10:36 am

Gov. Laura Kelly signs budget bill, issues dozens of line-item vetoes, asks Legislature to try again

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly made an end-of-session plea to the Kansas Legislature after signing a massive state budget bill investing in economic development, water resources and disability services while triggering more than 35 vetoes of provisions labeled as unwarranted earmarks, power grabs or financial gaffes.

State Government April 9, 2025 - 4:49 pm

Kelly signs popular bill to help law enforcement stock naloxone for opioid overdose cases

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill unanimously approved by the Kansas Legislature repealing a statute inhibiting the ability of law enforcement to obtain naloxone, a medication to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.

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