“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...

If we’ve succeeded in keeping you informed, we hope you’ll consider making a donation today. This Giving Tuesday, can we count on you? kansasreflector.com/donate/?oa_r...

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...

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