A bill that mandates teaching Kansas students about the dangers of communism, socialism and fascism, also requires high school freshmen to take a 100-question civics test inspired by the one taken during the American citizenship process in order to graduate. kansasreflector.com/2026/03/18/k...

Students are standing up for their First Amendment rights. kansasreflector.com/2026/03/16/s...

The Kansas House and Senate went tit-for-tat last week, rebuffing each other’s property tax relief proposals #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/03/17/k...

Erik Murray on the KR pod: “We are often divided between urban and rural, between rich and poor, between black and white. There are so many different ways that people try to divide us, but our core values, as Kansans, I believe, are largely aligned.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/03/16/k...

Sen. Mike Murphy said Kansas property taxes are like the sinking Titanic. “We can rearrange the deck chairs. We can ask the band director to play a little bit peppier song, but I don’t think it’s going to — we’re not going to be able to fix it,” he said. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/03/11/k...

A former Native American boarding school historical site represents "painful memories" as a tribe attempts to obtain ownership from the state of Kansas. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/03/09/k...

Kansas ‘lemonade stand law’ could boost kid businesses with tax breaks and licensing exemptions #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/03/06/k...

Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert saw the court through a pandemic, technology woes and a cyber attack, and her court issued landmark decisions on education funding, voting rights, abortion and the death penalty. She will retire this month. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/forme...

Social connection, phone addiction and parental choice came into play in an hours-long debate Monday that saw Republicans and Democrats crossing the aisle to ultimately support a bill that would apply to public and private schools. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/17/k...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly plans to attend a business meeting at the White House next week, which comes after President Donald Trump flip-flopped on invitations and Democrats promised to boycott. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/13/k...

One Kansas Republican said during a debate Wednesday that his colleagues were overreaching in their attempt to make schools ask for legislative approval to participate in a federal free meal program. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/12/k...

Trump confirms in a social media post Wednesday that he personally excluded Gov. Polis of Colorado and one other Dem governor from White House events around an upcoming National Governors Association meeting in DC. He ties the snub to Tina Peters' incarceration.

Rep. Ford Carr, D-Wichita, inserted Malcolm X into a Charlie Kirk remembrance resolution, but Rs voted against it. “I think that vote clearly represents the driving force behind this, and it has absolutely nothing to do with freedom of speech," he said. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/09/k...

Access to justice is a larger issue, said Kansas Supreme Court Justice K.J. Wall, because even if attorney numbers improve in rural Kansas, not everyone can afford them. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/09/k...

Republican legislators don’t want men in women’s bathrooms and women in men’s bathrooms, said Jaelynn Abegg, a trans woman who organized what some called a "pee-in" at the Kansas Statehouse. “So we’re going to give it to them,” she said. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/06/t...

Federal judge says Kansas officials provided “neither good reason nor any reason at all” for ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging foreign funding law. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/06/f...

The latest on the water transfer dispute between Hays, Russell and Edwards County brought up questions about who truly owns water in Kansas and how much authority local governments can exercise. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/02/04/k...

Kansas House committee dives into public university curriculum to block DEI. kansasreflector.com/2026/02/04/k... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

“It would turn the focus of our office into an auditing firm rather than feeding children,” said Vicki Schumacher, a supervisor for Wichita Public Schools’ nutrition services. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/30/k...

Kansas leaders use annual rally to cast courts as major hurdle in anti-abortion fight | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Federal public defenders' funding became an urgent priority for the judiciary after missed payments to attorneys and court services last year. It is now linked to U.S. Senate Democrats' protest against ICE agent violence, as they threaten stalling appropriations. kansasreflector.com/2026/01/28/f...

“Eventually, kids who were adjudicated of things like disorderly conduct were pushed deeper into the system because of some of the statutes that we had.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/26/k...

Kansas lawmakers are having the same conversation about systemic problems with foster children's court-appointed advocates as they did 25 years ago. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/21/k...

KBI director: “I believe the public would be stunned to know how many people may come in contact with their child...during a school day who have not been subject to mandatory fingerprint-based criminal history and background checks.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/21/k...

“We need to stand up,” said Rep. Susan Ruiz, a Shawnee Democrat. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/15/k...

Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins underscored the force of the Republican supermajority and its 2025 policy wins in his rebuttal to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's State of the State speech. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/13/k...

Kansas Supreme Court chief justice pleads for investments in specialty courts, rural attorneys | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Legislature jolts to life with newcomers and generation of new policy agendas #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/01/12/k...

Decades of research has found stadium subsidies are a poor use of public dollars, but officials continue to send more and more taxpayer funds to billionaire team owners. https://stateline.org/2026/01/12/sports-stadium-deals-hand-ever-more-taxpayer-money-to-billionaires/

Kansas wild turkeys, plagued by years of population decline, subject of conservation funding kansasreflector.com/briefs/kansa...

Kansas Senate minority leader challenges GOP House speaker for state insurance commissioner #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/kansa...

The journalist jargon term for this kind of scrum is a "gaggle," and as far as gaggles go, this is impressive. Photo by @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly: "Take heed. Kansas is not a flyover state. We are a touchdown state." #ksleg

Jackson County Legislator Manny Abarca to me on the Chiefs: “Honestly, at this point they’re like a bad ex-girlfriend. They won’t go away. And so the reality that they want to try and go play second fiddle in Kansas and try and lure a deal that’s not written down on paper, good luck to them..."

Kansas to build Chiefs stadium with STAR bonds in deal approved by lawmakers kansasreflector.com/2025/12/22/k...

I am in Topeka at the Docking State Office Building waiting for an official decision between Kansas and a professional sports team #ksleg

Kansas efficiency committee targets DEI curricula in college classrooms | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Senate Republicans reject Trump's plea for gerrymandered maps indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/11/s...

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Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...

Kansas tribes navigate future water problems without representation on statewide task force | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

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...

The federal government started shutting down early Wednesday after Congress failed to approve a funding bill before the beginning of the new fiscal year. via @jennifershutt.bsky.social @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

Kansas officials crack down on ‘brazen’ sales of marijuana and THC products with statewide raids | Via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas cancer survivor fears for health care as Congress weighs premium tax credit extension kansasreflector.com/2025/09/30/k...

“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...

A trial that could determine whether state-imposed abortion restrictions can remain in Kansas began Friday with testimony from the abortion providers behind the challenge. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/26/k...

NEW: Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile. Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys said Wednesday. stateline.org/2025/09/24/f...