Republican legislation to establish child support for pregnancy costs — and, in turn, establish “fetal personhood” — revealed tension among legislators as a Democratic senator representing part of Lawrence inserted a bipartisan tax credit provision.
The way freshman Sen. Patrick Schmidt sees it, a shorter legislative session isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The Topeka Democrat said the shortened timeline for passing bills could work in Democrats’ favor.
Patrick Schmidt (D) and Tyler Wible (R), both of Topeka, shared the top issues motivating them to run to represent Kansas Senate District 19, their views on local control and much more.
Three Democratic candidates running to represent Lecompton and parts of northwestern Lawrence and Douglas County included in Kansas Senate District 19 shared the top issues motivating them to run and much more. Republicans did not respond.
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Candidates running to represent parts of Douglas and Shawnee counties in the Statehouse answered questions about topics including school funding, Medicaid expansion, renewable energy and more Saturday.
The Lawrence/Douglas County chapter of Women for Kansas is kicking off election season early with an online forum for candidates of Senate District 19.
