Kansas drops out of lawsuit targeting senior and disability rights | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

I spent time in Galena, Kansas, talking with residents about a landfill - built on top of a Superfund site - that could be putting contaminants in the air. 2 residents proposed a class action lawsuit, and others are asking state/federal authorities to intervene. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/15/s...

Senior reporter @crazeywriter.bsky.social spent some time in Galena to talk to residents who worry about the noxious odors from a smoldering landfill built on top of a Superfund site and filled with debris from the Joplin tornado. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/06/15/s...

NEW - Homeland Security is retreating, for now, from a plan to obtain voter data from the Postal Service as part of Trump's executive order on mail ballots — after revealing the plan in a court filing less than a week ago My latest for @statesnewsroom.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/home...

Senate President Ty Masterson called businessman Philip Sarnecki an “angry elf" as name-calling dominated a Republican gubernatorial debate Friday. Sarnecki said Masterson tried to get him to be his running mate. | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/06/05/i...

NEW - Republicans in Congress are again eyeing cuts to the Election Assistance Commission — despite election security rhetoric Election officials say the EAC’s election security grants are already woefully underfunded My latest for @statesnewsroom.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...

I'm beyond grateful to have played a small part in making sure Kansas knows what it had in Gilbert Baker, and to the folks in Parsons who keep working to honor his legacy.

Kansas has invalidated some transgender Kansans’ driver’s licenses — but not all | via @gracefromkansas.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Board of Regents testing appeal of streamlined, reduced-credit bachelor’s degrees | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

The Supreme Court’s Purcell problem just got bigger. I took a look at the court’s uneven application of its own doctrine cautioning against last-minute judicial changes to elections a couple weeks back www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-s...

Former Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer drops out of Kansas gubernatorial race | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Third-party activists claiming leadership of No Labels Kansas object to blockade on candidacies | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

First-time Kansas House candidates articulate reasons for running for Legislature | via @bayaburgess.bsky.social #ksleg

Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog filed Monday to run for governor as a Democrat alongside Fredonia physician Jennifer Bacani McKenney. He is challenging Cindy Holscher and Ethan Corson, state senators who spent the past year campaigning and raising donations. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/06/01/o...

Former Kansan in five-person Republican race for gubernatorial nomination in Iowa. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/29/c... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

More reporting by @anna-writes.bsky.social: U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt’s campaign manager left his digital footprint on documents uploaded to a website to support the attack on Adam Hamilton #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/05/29/k...

Attention all the young queers: Everyone needs to remember how this weekend felt. And love out to all the old queers who were there with me. ❤️ 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏻 open.substack.com/pub/cjjanovy...

We are thrilled to welcome Baya to the staff as our summer intern. Give her a follow! #ksleg

The Kansas Reflector is a national treasure.

A Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate accused political rival Adam Hamilton of mishandling reported sex abuse at a church retreat in 2005, but court records show the church reported the abuse to police after ID'ing the predator #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/05/27/u...

Five of six Kansas public universities seek student tuition increases of 3.5% to 6% | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

The governor's chief of staff says three Kansans are being monitored for hantavirus after being seated behind someone on a plane who had symptoms, tested positive and died. So far, the Kansans are asymptomatic. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/05/26/k...

President Donald Trump endorses Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson in 2026 campaign for governor. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/24/p... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

Opinion from Emily Bradbury: Kansas now requires court clerks to obscure truth in some criminal cases. That’s bad for the public. #ksleg

Kansas Democrats in governor’s race claw for traction with anti-Brownback attacks on GOP foes | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Denied access to criminal records in Kansas boy’s death sparks First Amendment lawsuit | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Chris Carmichael believes he can defeat Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Estes in the 4th District congressional race, even though the incumbent won the seat by a 30-point margin two years ago. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/05/18/d...

Topeka police released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting where a man was shot after threatening an officer. www.cjonline.com/story/news/l...

Sen. Cindy Holscher picks Rep. KC Ohaebosim to be her running mate, forming a Democratic ticket of like-minded Statehouse veterans committed to public education, healthcare access and economic affordability. | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/05/14/d...

Former Coldwater, KS, mayor Joe Ceballos has been ordered to appear at an ICE detention center in Wichita, the beginning of deportation procedures. He pled guilty to three counts of election crimes and hoped to avoid deportation. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/12/i...

Three Kansans who came into close “high risk” contact with a person who has confirmed Andes hantavirus are being monitored by state and federal officials | #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/05/12/t...

A bit of a surprise from Kansas utility regulators today when they approved just part of a 133-mile Evergy transmission line, sending the power company back to the drawing board on areas where the line goes through prairie grasslands. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/12/k...

Kansas state employees retain choice of Blue Cross, Aetna for health insurance | #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/05/11/k...

New podcast episode: Kansas Abortion Fund president Sandy Brown wants Kansans to show up in August and repeat their 2022 decision to defeat a constitutional amendment that could upend abortion rights in the state. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/05/11/k...

I’ve been intentionally listening to Portuguese pop and anti-fascist folk, so I haven’t devoted much energy thinking about American music’s global influence. Until we went to the Portugal Burger Cup. open.substack.com/pub/cjjanovy...

In recent days @statesnewsroom.com published its AI policy. Bottom line: “States Newsroom does not publish stories or commentaries generated by AI.” statesnewsroom.com/ai-policy/

My @kansasreflector.com column today: The erosion of trust in human institutions is now compounded by the harlequin of artificial intelligence, resulting in the kind of society that previously was only described in science fiction.

Kansas state employees are reaching out to oppose dropping Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas from their health insurance plan to go with Aetna only. Right now, they can choose from both companies. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/08/s...

Kansas contemplates special legislative session to rekindle debate on property taxes | #ksleg via @kansascatlady.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/05/08/k...

Below average rainfall and a bone-dry riverbed of dead brush fueled a 1,500-acre wildfire in Central KS, but the KS Fire Marshal’s Office deemed the cause “undetermined,” even though it sparked one day after a controlled burn was performed on an adjacent ranch. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/07/a...

Former CEO of Beneficient -- Brad Heppner -- guilty of fraud. He worked Kasnas Legislature, landed state bank charter. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/07/f... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

En Español: Un pastor del área de Kansas City se postulará para el Senado de los Estados Unidos como “un demócrata de mentalidad independiente.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/04/30/k...

Adam Hamilton, a Kansas City-area pastor, will run for U.S. Senate as “an independent-minded Democrat,” putting to bed months of speculation that he would challenge U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall as an independent. | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/30/k...

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes bill requiring daily recess, annual fitness test of public school students | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

US Supreme Court limits use of race in congressional district remaps, diluting Voting Rights Act | via @jonshorman.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas is attempting to attract lawyers to rural communities and is offering resources to people who are representing themselves, all part of an Access to Justice initiative. kansasreflector.com/2026/04/27/a...

US Supreme Court hears arguments on cancer warning labels for Roundup weedkiller | #ksleg via @fischler.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/27/r...