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6 days ago · BY: Anna Kaminski - October 29, 2024. TOPEKA — All 105 Kansas counties saw food insecurity increase among children between 2021 and 2022, according to a statewide report from a child advocacy group. According to Kansas Action for Children, a Topeka-based nonprofit, 2022 saw the highest spike in food insecurity among children in the past decade.
Kansans support marijuana legalization, but lawmakers won’t bite
4 days ago · TOPEKA — A wide majority of Kansans support legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, but a group of legislators assigned to weigh medical marijuana legalization declined to push the issue in the 2025 session. About 73% of respondents to the Kansas Speaks survey either strongly or somewhat supported the legalization of medical marijuana ...
Kansas Republicans welcome surge in advance voting after …
3 days ago · TOPEKA — Kansas Republican Party chairman Mike Brown touted preliminary evidence the state’s GOP voters were matching the advance-voting operation typically relied on by Democrats to boost turnout. Brown, chosen state party chairman after losing the 2022 primary for secretary of state on an ...
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4 days ago · BY: Eric Thomas - October 25, 2024. “Somebody Somewhere,” starring native Kansan comedian Bridget Everett, enters its final season Sunday with the first episode of season three streaming on Max. The scripted HBO show is set in Manhattan, Kansas, where Everett grew up before launching a singing, comedy and cabaret career.
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Oct 29, 2024 · BY: Anna Kaminski - November 1, 2024. TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s PAC and the Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee have poured around a half-million dollars each into competitive legislative races across Kansas, campaign finance reports released this week show. The Republican House Campaign Committee spent almost $1 million.
Kansas Bar Association grades judges ahead of retention vote
Oct 2, 2024 · TOPEKA — The seven Kansas judges up for retention have been scored by attorneys with the Kansas Bar Association for retention recommendations. The average was an 86% recommendation for retention, with the highest score of 94% to judge Sarah E. Warner. Warner was appointed be a Court of Appeals judge in 2019 and served as president of the KBA ...
Kansas political history book highlights influence of centrist ...
Oct 28, 2024 · TOPEKA — The pattern embraced by Kansas voters when electing governors during the past half century meant the state consistently alternated between Republicans and Democrats while rewarding candidates with experience in elective office. With one significant exception, the eight people elected ...
Kansas House speaker says Legislature's budget takeover could …
Oct 3, 2024 · Kansas House speaker says Legislature’s budget takeover could have rocky rollout. Rep. Henry Helgerson, D-Eastborough, and House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, talk amongst themselves during a special committee meeting on budget process and development on Oct. 2, 2024. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
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ABOUT US. Kansas Reflector is a nonprofit news operation providing in-depth reporting, diverse opinions and daily coverage of state government and politics. This public service is free to readers and other news outlets. Through its opinion section, Kansas Reflector works to amplify voices of people whose lives are affected by public policies ...