The stakes for the August vote over a Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion access were made clear by the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion striking down federal abortion rights.
AG Derek Schmidt’s office says the Kansas Supreme Court has no business evaluating the fairness of redrawn congressional districts, despite a district court’s ruling that the map is heavily biased toward Republicans and dilutes minority votes.
Senators chose last week to send a bill clearing FDA-approved cannabis medication back to a conference committee over a provision that would allow for legal fentanyl test strips.
Rep. Ron Highland has announced he will not seek reelection. He is among several state representatives stepping back after at least 10 years in the Statehouse.
The Kansas Supreme Court will consider if district court judge correctly followed the state constitution when ruling the Republican-led Kansas Legislature drew a racially and politically gerrymandered congressional map.
Rep. Valdenia Winn offered a proposal to House Republicans: If they were to override the governor’s veto of legislation installing a parental bill of rights, she would recruit parents to file lawsuits over the lack of honest history lessons in public schools.
Kansas House lawmakers failed to override a veto from the governor, spelling the end for a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports.
House Republicans took the first step Thursday toward an override of the governor’s veto of a bill requiring able-bodied Kansans without dependents to hold a job for 30 hours a week or enroll in a job-training program if they want federal food assistance.
A Kansas bill providing a multiyear, staggered elimination of the state sales tax on food moved a step closer Wednesday to becoming law.
The Kansas Legislature sent Gov. Laura Kelly a multifaceted election reform bill containing an unfunded mandate that local governments use ballots printed on watermarked paper.
