I voted NO on HB 2434, the budget bill that underfunds Special Education for 15th year in a row. Be sure to see how YOUR JoCo Representative voted in the comments. See my full “Explanation of Vote” below: #ksleg #ksed 🍎🌻🍎

Kansas...pay attention! #ksleg islators are using procedural maneuvers to silence YOUR voice in the People's House. 💔🌻💙

Always an absolute favorite day of the session, honoring our Kansas Teacher of the Year Team on the House floor! #ksleg 🍎🌻🍎

First day on the Federal and State Affairs Committee! #ksleg

Anyone else cooking w/ cranberries today? Updated sweet potato casserole and pecan pie recipes…SO festive! The pie is headed to Project 10-20’s Christmas Day meal. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” #ksleg ❤️🎄❤️

Kansas isn’t flyover country anymore…it’s TOUCHDOWN country! #ksleg #chiefs #HD20🫶87

Anyone else up cooking? This is my “Prince of Peace” Christmas apple pie. Happy Holidays from my family to yours. Wishing you love, joy…and peace. #ksleg

Busy day! Volunteered at the Kansas Children’s Service League Red Stocking Breakfast. Next up was our Senate 8 and Friends town hall with Rep Osman and Featherston. The we had a Voter Rights Network’s Legislative forum that includes Reps McDonald and Ruiz! #ksleg

I attended the annual Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS® Legislative Breakfast in HD20 this morning. #ksleg #ksbiz 🌻🏡🌻

Started the day at the Shawnee Mission School District legislative breakfast, always a favorite! #ksed #ksleg 🍎🌻🍎

Oh, my!!! Thank you, Kansas City Chiefs for the best birthday present for my love, David Poskin! Happy 66th, darling. Here’s to many many more!!🥳

Attending the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty’s conference “Repeal to Heal.” I’ve co-sponsored legislation to repeal Kansas’ death penalty law since my first term. #ksleg ❤️🌻💙

Started my day with these Frank Rushton students as we celebrated Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day! Watch for their story on @kshb41.bsky.social. #ksleg #ksed 💜🌻💜

Last night, I filled in for @davids.house.gov at a @votevets.org Economic Town Hall in my district, headlined by @Elissa Slotkin. The room was at capacity and all appreciated the common sense plans she put forward, esp around housing and healthcare. #ksleg #VoteVets

Starting the day learning more about the status of safe and affordable housing in Kansas. #ksleg

Smooch a Veteran today! Deep love and respect to all those who served and to their families who supported them. This guy is my favorite veteran...my dad! I'm proud to honor him as the Ranking Member of our House Veterans and Military Committee. #VeteransDay #ksleg ❤️🇺🇸💙

Really fabulous conversation tonight at @kcur.org 89.3’s Redistricting Q &A. Great to hear the history, legal precedent & audience questions which leaned into opposition to mid decade redistricting being led by an administration who can’t win on policy in 2026. #ksleg 💔🌻💙

Honored to attend the opening ceremony for the new Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court yesterday with Asst House Minorty Leader Mike Amyx! #ksleg Read more about it here: www.dgcoks.gov/veterans-tre...

Great start to the No Kings Day rallies with my Brookdale constituents! Going to several around town today…see you there! ❤️🤍💙 #ksleg #NoKings

Hello from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan! 🇨🇦 We’re here for The Council of State Governments Midwesterm Legislative Conference. It’s my honor to be Vice Chair of the Education and Workforce Development Committee and Member of the CSG-MLC Executive Committee. Stay tuned for updates from the Conference.

It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year…Kansas Teacher of the Year Selection Panel Interviews! Our top educators come to life in video interviews, teaching, and seeing how they will inspire ALL our KS teachers in 2026. 4th year and it never gets old! #ksleg #ksed #ktoy 🍎🌻🍎

Education Commission of the States Forum in Salt Lake City! It was great to see Melanie Haas, Kansas Board of Education and Melissa Rooker, Executive Director of the Kansas Children’s Cabinet. #ksleg #ksed #ksearlychildhood 🍎🌻🍎

Excited to spend THREE WHOLE DAYS immersed in education policy at #ECSForum in Salt Lake City! #ksleg #ksed 🌻🍎🌻

We had a #ksleg tour of @sportingkc.com Childrens Mercy Stadium yesterday. A very successful STAR bond project, the team continues to invest in the facility and community, with national recognition. Cool locker room! 🌻⚽️🌻

I was proud to sign onto the Kansas House Democrats’ letter to Senators Moran and Marshall about how bad HR 1, the “Big Bad Bill,” would be for Kansas. They need to hear from YOU. Please reach out to them THIS week! CALL (202) 224-3121! ❤️🌻💙

As the primary caregiver for my amazing husband David, disabled by Multiple Sclerosis, I’m proud to announce my Commissioner appointment to the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov/about-us/com... 🌻🧑🏽‍🦽‍➡️🌻 #ksleg

I'm pleased to announce my appointment as Vice Chair of CSGMidwest's '25-26 Eduction and Workforce Committee, a bipartisan, collaborative, and regional policy forum. 🍎🌻🍎 #ksleg #ksed #workforce

As the Ranking Member of the House Veterans and Military Committee, I am looking into this and seeing how to best protect our #KSVets. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is what democracy looks like! #NoKings

Great bipartisan & cross chamber work went into getting to provisions of HB 2389 into SB 186, and which Governor Laura Kelly signed ceremonially today at the Johnson County Courthouse. The bill requires prior convictions to be considered in setting bond in sex crime. We’re making Kansans safer.

Great news! #ksleg #ksed Tax dollars shouldn’t be used for religious indoctrination, hard stop. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

One of my absolute favorite events of the year…Shawnee Mission East’s Youth and Government Panel. Our KS students are smart, engaged & thoughtful about state politics and their futures. Thanks to my colleagues for bringing their perspectives to the table. #ksleg #ksed 🍎 🌻🍎

Loved attending the Shawnee Mission South AP Capstone and Reaearch presentations today and will be back tomorrow! I’ll be sharing Brinley’ research with the House Commerce committee. So proud of #ksed and Shawnee Mission School District! 💚📚💛

It’s Mental Health Advocacy Day in Topeka. I’m so proud to recognize these students from Andover and Andover Central High Schools who work to destigmatize mental health and prevent youth suicides through #ZeroReasonsWhy!

My sincerest apologies for missing the Legislative Coffee this morning. In addition to being under the weather, we were dealing with this, ugh. Without a functioning handicap minivan, my husband who is in wheelchair due to MS, is unable to participate in daily life. #ksleg

I got over 500 emails from concerned citizens about the special education funding that was stripped from the budget. #KSLEG hasn’t funded SPED according to Kansas law since 2011. How did your Representative vote on the amendment to restore it? I voted YES!

Who's your super hero? Mine is Patrick, AKA Captain America, an HD 20 constituent. He came to the Capitol yesterday to ask AG Kobach to withdraw Kansas from the Texas v. Becerra lawsuit, which seeks to declare Section 50 unconstitutional and unenforceable. www.wibw.com/2025/02/18/g...

Congrats, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social on a well-deserved win! All the love to our record breaking KC Chiefs and my GOAT TE constituent, Travis Kelce. See y’all at Super Bowl LX!!! #ksleg ❤️🏈💛

“Get in winners, we’re going winning!” For the 3 peat! ❤️🏈💛 Thanks, Annie’s Barn for the best yard sign, ever! #ksleg

Wow! Completely full house for our #ksleg Town Hall…even with that “other thing” going on today! Thanks to economist Chris Courtwright for the master class in tax policy. We have very important policy decisions ahead of us…. ❤️🌻💙

Town Hall today!

So proud to carry HR 6006 on the floor recognizing today as Early Childhood Advocacy Day at the Capitol. Did you know that our littles are making a million new neural connections EVERY second??? Thank you Kansas parents and care givers! #ksleg #earlychildhood 🌻👶🏼🌻

Republicans campaigned saying their FIRST PRIORITY is tax relief and lowering costs for Kansas families, yet the very first bill they debate on the House floor strips parents of their fundamental right to make medical decaisions for their own children. 💔🌻💙 #ksleg

Congratulations to our entire 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, led by Liz Anstine of Leavenworth HS! #ksleg #ksed 🌻🍎🌻

Happy Kansas Day from the House floor! Spectacular rendition of Home on the Range, led by Reps Ballard and Bergquist. #ksleg #kansasday #happybirthday ❤️🌻💙

KS HD 20 🫶 87! Jus sayin'! @kansascitychiefs.bsky.social #TravisKelce

Sworn in and ready to get back to work for District 20 and the good people of Kansas! #ksleg #HD20 ❤️🌻💙

Delightful morning serving guests at the Kansas Children's Service League’s Kansas City Red Stocking Breakfast! #ksleg

Starting my day learning about Shawnee Mission School District’s legislative priorities for the upcoming session. #ksed #ksleg 🍎🌻🍎

On the new TIMSS data, two things can be true: 1) academic declines for the most at-risk students are a crisis that demands far more bipartisan attention. 2) voucher schemes pushed by right-wing groups make things far worse for precisely those students—especially in math. time.com/6272666/scho...