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Honored to win best columnist and editorial section in the annual Kansas Press Association awards this year. #ksleg

Former executive of company with unique Kansas bank charter goes on trial for fraud charges | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/21/f...

Providing services costs money. Cities and counties have to pay for those services. The money has to come from somewhere. Property taxes can strain longtime homeowners, but state government’s choices offer few other options. #ksleg

Kansas revenue forecast shows sliding income tax collections and budget shortfalls | #ksleg via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/20/k...

Kansas Board of Regents affirms union contract for University of Kansas faculty, academic staff | #ksleg #ksed via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/20/k...

Former mayor of Kansas town pleads guilty to misdemeanor election crimes, hopes to avoid deportation | #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/20/f...

Kansas survey points to softening of teacher interest in exiting the profession | #ksleg #ksed via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/20/k...

Kansas opts into voucher-style program, which critics say will help private schools | #ksleg #ksed via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/20/k...

Opinion by Mark McCormick: Apathy is costing us our democracy, in Kansas and the U.S. Participation is the necessary antidote. | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/04/20/a...

Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: Return to Earth: At this Kansas space museum, I came in search of what we had nearly lost. #ksleg

Food assistance audit finds potential $1.2 million paid to people living outside Kansas | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Four Kansas school districts violate federal law with gender-inclusive policies | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

How plans to revive the veteran ‘claim sharks’ bill fell apart as Kansas legislative session ended | via @gracefromkansas.bsky.social #ksleg

Opinion from Eric Thomas: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s PSA meekly counters utopian AI promises #ksleg

In rush to finish early, Kansas lawmakers jettison public input and risk poorly crafted bills | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social, @journalist-sherman.bsky.social, @kansascarpenter.bsky.social and @gracefromkansas.bsky.social #ksleg

Justice Sotomayor apologizes for ‘hurtful comments’ about Kavanaugh at Kansas event | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

‘Shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock’: Democrats in Congress question RFK Jr. priorities | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas congressional candidates with military experience criticize Trump’s handling of Iran war | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansan shares personal story with U.S. Senate about life-altering veterans treatment court | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Opinion from Jan Kessinger: Kansas built America’s foundation. Now it can power our nation’s future through data centers. #ksleg

‘Brazen offenses’: Kansas lawmakers undermine public input in legislative process | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Two Kansas nominees for U.S. District Court answer questions about ties to Marion newspaper raid | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas educators seek restart of superintendent search at Kansas School for the Deaf | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Republicans flout fiscal notes in rush to pass costly, contentious bills | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg

Opinion from Huascar Medina: An unholy war recruitment poster: Trump’s AI slop image depicts encroaching darkness #ksleg

Are you smarter than a fifth grader on water issues? Kansas governor faces students’ questions | via @gracefromkansas.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas State Board of Education turns inward for new state commissioner of K-12 education | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

‘The people of Kansas lost’: Last-ditch attempt at property tax relief devolves into finger-pointing | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas lawmakers lean on rule against ‘impugning motives,’ stifling criticism | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Republicans voted en masse to defund the police. Just think about it. Local property taxes go toward local services. Those include schools, roads and — yes — police and firefighters. Towns, cities and counties would be forced to pay law enforcement officials less or reduce staffing. #ksleg

Kelly vetoes sports tourism program, allows religious freedom bill to move forward | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Legislature creates state capital-gains tax exemption for investors in gold, silver | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Legislature’s GOP supermajority leans into rule that skirts debate, muffles dissent | Day 1 story in our Power Plays series via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Abuses of the process in Kansas entwine so closely with the policy that you cannot understand one without the other. You cannot explain an inexplicable piece of legislation without digging into the painful permutations of procedure. #ksleg

Kansas governor’s veto stands, stopping proposed changes to education assessments | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Opinion from Max McCoy: Waiting for the apocalypse? Walk through the smoke and pull up a chair. #ksleg

Kansas students to face punishment for protests after lawmakers override veto | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Opinion from @ericthomasphoto.bsky.social: Kansas vs. Missouri football game, our region’s best rivalry, shifts to Friday night on national TV #ksleg

Kansas House spikes veto to preserve 4.4% raise for legislators, 1% hike for other state workers | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Legislators override veto to create 25-foot ‘safe zone’ around police, emergency personnel | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Gov. Laura Kelly signs bills altering defendant competency process, child health care program | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Legislature rolls back some juvenile justice reforms in veto override | via @gracefromkansas.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas House kills constitutional amendment on property tax. GOP leaders prepping another bill. | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Legislature overturns veto to pass free speech bill honoring Charlie Kirk | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg