The ACLU of Kansas and Loud Light filed lawsuits Monday arguing the congressional map endorsed by a GOP supermajority in the Legislature intentionally violates constitutional rights of Democrats and communities of color.
A series of bills would transform Kansas — one of the top producers of wind energy for two decades — into one of the most restrictive states in the nation, pro-wind experts say.
A bill under consideration in a Kansas House committee would provide a sexual assault survivor with a support person throughout any physical examinations, interviews, investigations or any interaction with the legal system.
Passage of property tax legislation in the Kansas Senate would exempt $100,000 of the assessed value on residential property from the 20-mill tax used by the state to finance public schools and would result in a decline of nearly $150 million annually in state revenue.
The Kansas House ratified action of their brethren in the Kansas Senate to complete Wednesday an override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the congressional redistricting map that moves Lawrence to the rural 1st District.
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday succeeded in overriding Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a congressional redistricting map shifting Lawrence to the rural 1st District.
Despite their supermajority, Republicans failed to gather the 27 votes necessary to override the governor’s of a GOP-drawn congressional map.
The Shawnee County DA’s office is lead advocate of a bill allowing hearsay evidence, permitting remote testimony and doing away with a 2-week deadline for felony preliminary hearings.
“Once again, backwards Kansas legislators are standing in the way of progress and freedom. … The current proposed medical cannabis bill leaves much to be desired,” Kirsten Kuhn writes in this column.
Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a GOP-drawn congressional map that would divide the Kansas City metro and place Lawrence into a rural district that stretches to the Colorado border.
