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...

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...

ICYMI: Drug-soaked paper was smuggled into at least one Kansas prison, according to state officials, who cited the ordeal as the reason for changing print newspaper subscription policies. kansasreflector.com/2025/09/18/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...

The Department of Justice is sharing state voter roll data with Homeland Security, the Trump administration has confirmed stateline.org/2025/09/12/d...

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...

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"Kansas Reflector interviews with students, parents, educators and elected officials tied to Comanche County schools revealed a concerted effort by insiders to shield the district’s top administrator..." from @timcarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/09/02/a...

Armourdale residents, property owners and environmental justice advocates raised concerns about inadequate and inaccessible outreach from Reworld, potential traffic hazards, excessive noise, odors, flood risk and the company’s track record in other communities. kansasreflector.com/2025/08/21/k...

The latest from @crazeywriter.bsky.social on CoreCivic's battle to reopen a shuttered state prison in Leavenworth to detain immigrants #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/08/20/c...

The salient question, according to Randy Callstrom, the CEO of Wyandot Behavioral Health Network in Kansas City, Kansas, is where will people go? In Kansas, he said, there is no place for people to turn. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/08/20/t...

Federal officials again won’t take action on Quivira National Wildlife Refuge's lost water, despite a report from Kansas regulators that found the refuge received insufficient amounts of water in two out of every three years between 2008 and 2021. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/feder...

In a Tuesday decision from a Texas federal court, the lesser prairie chicken was stripped of endangered or threatened species protections, which were established through a Biden-era ruling. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/08/15/k...

Topeka, Shawnee Mission, Olathe and Kansas City, Kansas, public school districts are under investigation for potentially violating Title IX and FERPA for gender identity practices. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/08/14/u...

The state program that helped create 40 homes in a workforce housing development in western Kansas did not receive any funding this year from the Legislature. “We’re concerned,” said Ryan Vincent, executive director of Kansas Housing Resources Corporation. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/08/06/h...

Kansas lawmakers killed diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, practices in all forms of state government, including universities, after slipping a provision into the state budget. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/dei-b...

Kansas AG Kris Kobach warns of "environmental lawfare" as he asks U.S. AG Pam Bondi to investigate Chinese energy foundation and urges Congress to modify Clean Air Act. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/kansa...

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a new preliminary injunction in Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against the federal government over Medicaid cuts. While the previous injunction only covered certain clinics, this one covers all of them. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Under the Trump administration, ICE has netted more criminals than under Biden, but also swept up many more non-criminal immigrants. @timhenderson.bsky.social reports: stateline.org/2025/07/24/f...

Emporia State University President Ken Hush announced his retirement Thursday, nodding at past and future challenges in higher education. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/empor...

Federal court rules Kansas legislators tried to suppress speech with 2021 advance voting law #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/07/22/f...

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Toast Kansas Reflector’s first five years with five essential stories (and a donation, if you can) #ksleg

Local election officials worry about federal cuts to security, survey shows stateline.org/2025/07/17/l...

Kansas Reflector columnist Max McCoy won a first place award in the annual National Society of Newspaper Columnists contest #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/kansa...

The impacts of the Kansas Legislature's accelerated budget process begin to unfold as disability advocates warn of first-time waitlists for crucial brain injury and chronic illness services. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/07/17/b...

“We’ve created a situation where they’re allowed less transparency,” said Sara Prem, American Lung Association advocacy director, of the regulatory impacts of coal-friendly Trump administration policies. From @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/07/03/c...

CEO quits struggling Texas company with unique Kansas banking charter | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/06/30/c...

Kansas labor secretary Amber Shultz said the USDOL is fulfilling its goal to cut DEI funding “if they want fraudsters to have equitable access to our funds.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/27/u...

Dalton Henry, president of the Haskell Board of Regents, said the university has succeeded in advancing Native students and strengthening tribal nations for decades. “Yet, persistent challenges under federal oversight have limited its potential,” he said. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/26/g...

“In a country where we grow enough food so that no one has to go hungry, no one should go hungry,” said Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/25/d...

More than half of rural hospitals in Kansas are at risk of closing, and a new report found that Kansas would experience a 15% reduction in total rural Medicaid hospital reimbursement under the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/24/k...

A three-judge appeals court panel on Friday cleared the way for Kansans to resume changing their gender markers on driver’s licenses, rejecting arguments made by Attorney General Kris Kobach and overturning a lower court ruling #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/13/k...

Moran asks federal officials to keep airspace restrictions at D.C. airport in place | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/06/13/m...

More than 1,800 protests are scheduled across the nation for Saturday. At least 15 of them are set to occur in Kansas cities. A Kansas Highway Patrol spokeswoman encouraged participants to "maintain civility while exercising their First Amendment rights.” #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/06/11/k...

Several immigrants at Leavenworth experienced such a depression from extended lockdown periods, which sometimes lasted for three days, that they attempted suicide, said a letter from eight civil rights and attorney groups. kansasreflector.com/2025/06/06/i...

Are you listening to Kansas Reflector podcasts? Definitely worth your time! I put my first one up today, with Hal Luthi, a Kansas rancher, and Allen Featherstone, w/K-State Agricultural Economics, about tariffs and trade policy, as well as the farm bill. kansasreflector.com/podcasts/ag-...

Trans student sues University of Kansas after being fired for speaking to media about housing policy #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/05/23/t...

The USDA is asking for personal data of people who have applied or received help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP. Kansas stepped up for privacy and denied the request at this time, saying they didn't know what the data would be used for. kansasreflector.com/2025/05/22/k...

ICYMI: My in-depth look at homelessness outside of Kansas' urban metros highlighted a small town solution that treats housing as health care. The approach could be a model for statewide use. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/05/19/i...

Drought-stricken governments in west-central Kansas escalated their fight for water rights from state to federal court, which could impact how cities across the state handle future disputes. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/05/23/a...

Kansas abortion advocacy group sues state officials over law banning foreign contributions | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg