From budget cuts to lack of volunteers, Kansas counties face increased fire response times | via @maya3smith.bsky.social #ksleg

Government shutdown primed to roll into next week after US Senate deadlocks again | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

Kansas has been quietly building a pot of more than $26 million that can be used for attracting professional sports teams to the state, giving the state an edge in its “border war” with Missouri. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/03/k...

KBI provided an updated list with shops that were raided last night and today: Vapor 100 and Smoke N Vape in Great Bend, Abilene Vape and CBD, Canabolic in Wichita, Sedan One Stop in Sedan, Indy Vapes in Independence, and Reese's Enterprises and Tiger Vapes in Ulysses #ksleg

Republican legislative leaders are urging lawmakers to support their push for a special session where they can both ban Kansans from altering gender markers on their driver’s licenses and redraw congressional maps #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/02/k...

Some more photos from today's news conference #ksleg

KBI director Tony Mattivi and Attorney General Kris Kobach announced a crackdown Wednesday on “brazen” sales of marijuana and THC as law enforcement raided 10 shops in six cities across the state. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/01/k...

Kansas is out of compliance with a federal rule ensuring there's no conflict of interest among providers supporting Kansans with intellectual & developmental disabilities. But changes could disrupt care for vulnerable people, advocates told legislators. kansasreflector.com/2025/10/01/k...

Lawsuit: Casey’s ‘overcharges’ by not honoring advertised sale prices | via Clark Kauffman #ksleg

“I honestly don’t think I’d be alive,” she said. “I know we wouldn’t have a house anymore. That’s the reality of it.” #ksleg

A Kansas judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by AG Kobach trying to force the state to turn over food program personal data to the federal government. Kansas leaders have been concerned they might violate privacy regs and have held off. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/30/k...

Ty Theurer resigned Monday as superintendent of Comanche County schools amid public outrage over allegations he sexually harassed and inappropriately touched a student. #ksleg #ksed kansasreflector.com/briefs/super...

CoreCivic inks new contract with ICE while awaiting legal decisions on Kansas prison | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Sierra Club report calls out Kansas utility Evergy for failing to meet climate goals | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

“Right now, doing in-person town halls will lead to violence. I am very fearful that these two groups will assault each other, and I just don’t think it’s a very good idea right now,” U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas told reporters Thursday. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/29/u...

The Kansas Supreme Court sided Friday with a woman who lost a job offer when she refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine, rejecting the employer’s arguments that federal law supersedes a state law restriction on questioning the sincerity of religious beliefs. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/kansa...

Kansas Supreme Court sides with woman who lost job offer after she refused COVID-19 vaccine | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg

Opinion from @ericthomasphoto.bsky.social: Photographer’s K-State presentation showcases project on shrinking Kansas newspapers #ksleg

Kansas abortion restrictions go on trial, with OB-GYNs taking the stand | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas hospital leaders sent a letter to the state’s congressional delegation urging members to extend premium tax credits for those who receive health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/kansa...

Kansas legislators look for bigger payout from sportsbooks with contracts set to expire | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas utility regulators approve Evergy rate increase | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

There’s a growing number of these lawsuits fighting employment actions related to comments about Charlie Kirk — and some early signs of success. A federal judge ordered a South Dakota professor reinstated on Wednesday.

Gov. Laura Kelly warned Wednesday that the loss of Affordable Care Act Marketplace tax credits will have “disastrous effects” on health care unless they are restored by Congress before enrollment begins Nov. 1. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/24/k...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said Snap Inc., the parent company of social media platform Snapchat designed the social media platform “with manipulative features that prey on the mental health of our children.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/23/k...

Kansas among nine states to swap voter rolls with Texas in effort to find duplicates, prevent fraud via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Gov. Laura Kelly wants Kansas Legislature to host public town halls before special session on congressional redistricting. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/23/k... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

“Not quite sure what good it would do to issue a homeless person a citation that they don’t have the money to pay,” Police Chief Joe Sullivan said. “Enforcement is not the answer to this problem." | #ksleg via @bykyliecameron.bsky.social www.kansas.com/news/politic...

Any Dem faces significant challenges winning a Senate race in Kansas (last happened since the 1930s). That said, Davids has worked to build up her ag cred in recent years & was endorsed by Kansas Farm Bureau last year. Any path includes tamping down margins in rural counties...those votes add up

Embattled southwest Kansas school board president's vehicle hit by gunfire. No injuries. KBI investigates. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/22/s... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

Kansas governor’s office disputes accuracy of Kobach’s claims about SNAP funding | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

Greatly enjoyed this conversation with KU Prof John Head about environmental & ag crises, how we shift our culture to be more interconnected with the world -- all from a perspective of his international law background. There's a podcast and an article. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/22/k...

Kansas for the fourth straight year failed to meet legal requirements to improve the severe instability of the foster care system or provide mental health services to children who need them, according to an annual report from an independent evaluator #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/22/w...

My @kansasreflector.com column today.

Once more, SNAP data requests from the federal government are in the news. Kansas AG Kris Kobach sued the governor and head of DCF to demand the release of data. Their court filings got heated and a judge will decide soon if the case should be dismissed. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/19/s...

Kansas prison officials want you to believe they canceled newspaper subscriptions because people were somehow intercepting the mail and soaking newspapers in drugs, even though they refused to show evidence this ever happened #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/09/18/k...

Retired District Judge Merlin Wheeler admonished the state’s public defense agency for allowing “pretty, petty” infighting to disrupt a capital murder case. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/16/k...

My in-depth report on conflict at the state public defense agency, which includes an effort to unionize, disputes about qualifications, a judge’s recusal, firing an attorney by voicemail, and allegations of unlawful interference with a capital murder case. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/14/k...

Kansas education commissioner Randy Watson announced Wednesday he plans to retire from the position he has held since 2014. #ksleg #ksed kansasreflector.com/briefs/kansa...

NEW - As Missouri Republican gerrymander threatens to tear Kansas City apart, one corner in a diverse section of the city would be split among 3 congressional districts My deep dive from the intersection of Independence Avenue & Gladstone Boulevard For @stateline.org stateline.org/2025/09/09/o...

Southeast Kansas farmer challenges Republican incumbent for 2nd District congressional seat | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Kobach: “Ford County, Kansas, which you probably never heard of, where Dodge City is — little tiny county, rural county, very low population ... my office is chasing them around, trying to get them kicked out of court because they don’t speak for the people of Kansas." #ksleg

Kobach: "She appears to be playing a game of chicken." Kelly: Kobach and Hawkins "are engaging in what can only be described as low-rent political theater" #ksleg

Kansas attorney general sues governor to force information on SNAP recipients to be shared with Trump administration. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/08/k... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

Industrial waste processing & recycling plant could get a vote tonight in KCK without the expected public meetings. Neighbors in the low-income, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood are worried about the facility. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...

Kansas prisons canceled newspaper subscriptions bought by families of people serving time. Emily Bradbury, executive director of the Kansas Press Association, said: “Creating barriers to real information is not beneficial to the newspaper or to the inmate." #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/08/k...

The Kansas Department of Corrections banned newspaper subscriptions, blindsiding publishers across Kansas when the policy changed without notice on Aug. 27 | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/09/08/k...

The New York Times is suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly withholding information about a tracking device that a reporter found on his car in Lawrence in October of 2021.

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids views Kansas redistricting as polarizing, anti-democratic | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/09/05/u...