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Republicans want voters to elect Kansas Supreme Court justices and move court to the right
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (787+ words) If the constitutional amendment passes, supporters hope to elect at least four conservative, anti-abortion justices to the seven-member court by 2033. Kansas is considering the change amid concerns that increasingly contentious and expensive judicial elections in other states are making their…...
Former Gov. Jeff Colyer drops out of Kansas gubernatorial race
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (291+ words) TOPEKA — Former Gov. Jeff Colyer ended a Republican campaign Monday for the party’s 2026 nomination for governor in wake of President Donald Trump’s endorsement of rival Senate President Ty Masterson. Colyer, who was sworn in as governor in 2018 after the resignation…...
Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog running for Kansas governor
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) A Johnson County, Kansas, mayor is entering the race to lead the state of Kansas. Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog announced Monday, June 1, that he is entering the Democratic primary for Kansas governor. He announced his running mate for lieutenant…...
Kansas secretary of state moves 60-year-old system from paper to online
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (356+ words) TOPEKA — Secretary of State Scott Schwab held up a stack of lottery regulation documents stained with a ring of coffee. He was illustrating the office’s outdated filing cabinet system, which is being modernized for the first time since being established…...
Kansas governor vetoes bill requiring daily recess, annual fitness test of public school students
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (674+ words) Senate President Ty Masterson and Gov. Laura Kelly agree on the value of recess for elementary students and annual fitness testing in first through 12th grades, but the governor vetoed the bill because the Kansas State Board of Education is responsible…...
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes Kansas property tax relief plan as lawmakers’ efforts falter again
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (952+ words) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the main property tax bill passed by the Kansas Legislature, meaning no substantial property tax reform was passed this session. Lawmakers have gone home for the year, so they can’t come back and override the…...
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoes private school tax credit program
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (146+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed eight bills on Monday, including House Bill 2468. House Bill 2468, also called the Education Freedom Tax Credit, would have expanded Kansas' tax credit scholarship program for private schools and, in turn, expanded tax…...
Kansas legislature overrides Kelly veto on 'lawfare' bill, limiting public nuisance lawsuits
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (373+ words) (The Center Square) – Kansas lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 462 during the recent veto session, enacting a measure supporters say will limit the use of courts to advance political agendas. The Republican supermajorities in the House…...
Kansas Legislature’s GOP supermajority leans into rule that skirts debate, muffles dissent
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1018+ words) TOPEKA — Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature relied on an arsenal of parliamentary procedure that frustrated Democrats seething about a bill forcing transgender people to use public bathrooms and obtain driver’s licenses matching their sex assigned at birth. How Kansas…...
Kansas lawmakers override veto to give themselves a 4.4% pay raise, and 1% raise for state workers
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (649+ words) Members of the Kansas House and Senate engaged in fierce debate Friday about wisdom of legislators’ 4.4% pay raise before voting to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the legislative branch’s budget in a bid to force reconsideration of a 1% salary…...