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WEBBY: Grace Hills - October 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 …
Lawmakers plan brazen power grab, pushing aside Kansas voters …
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Let’s be clear about what Kansas Republican legislative leaders are doing with their planned overhaul of budgeting: They are launching a personal and political power grab against Gov. Laura Kelly.. They have never accepted or respected her mandate.Despite Kelly winning a second term and having two years left to go, they have continually attempted to usurp the executive branch’s authority.
Kansas GOP leaders drafting new roadmap for Legislature's annual ...
WEBAug 29, 2024 · TOPEKA — Kansas Republicans pressing to reform the Legislature’s annual budget-writing process want to displace governors from the lead role in proposing state spending changes, alter a Statehouse culture that embraced the three-day workweek, and make it difficult for lobbyists to slip special-interest earmarks into bills.
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WEBABOUT 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 ...
Gov. Laura Kelly signs tax reduction bill passed with bipartisan ...
WEBJun 21, 2024 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday she signed a bill reducing state taxes by $1.2 billion over three years that was approved with broad bipartisan support of legislators during a one-day special session.
Report predicts Kansas population will grow by half-million in 50 …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · TOPEKA — Kansas’ population is expected to grow by nearly 500,000 people in the next 50 years, and non-white residents are predicted to drive that growth, a research center forecasts. A report from Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research said the state is …
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WEBSep 30, 2024 · BY: Max McCoy - September 29, 2024. One hundred and sixty-five years ago come Friday, the Kansas Constitution was adopted by voters. The document had been framed the sweltering summer before in an unfinished brick building between the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in recently organized Wyandotte County. The document is …
Kansas governor nominates two, reappoints one to Kansas Board …
WEBJun 26, 2023 · Kansas governor nominates two, reappoints one to Kansas Board of Regents. Gov. Laura Kelly reappointed Jon Rolf, right, to the Kansas Board of Regents and nominated a former community college administrator and an information technology company president to assume seats on the public higher education board. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
Criminal justice panel hashes out potential changes to Kansas …
WEBSep 20, 2021 · By: Noah Taborda - September 20, 2021 2:30 pm. A subcommittee of the Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission debated potential modifications to the Kansas Public Offender Registry. The full commission will review suggestions from the group and incorporate them in a final report to the Legislature (Screen Capture of …