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Bob Schmidt, right, a Republican voter, talks to state Rep. Jesse Borjon, left, R-Topeka, outside the garage of Schmidt’s home, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Legislative majorities giving one party all the power are in play in several states

By John Hanna and David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a rally for teachers and education funding, April 25, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The Democratic governor declared Thursday, June 29, that the state will keep allowing transgender residents to alter their driver's licenses and birth certificates, despite a new law aimed at preventing it. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

An anti-trans Kansas law doesn’t prevent birth certificate changes, the governor argues

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines speaks at a news conference about transgender inclusion in sports at the North Carolina Legislative Building, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum) ** FILE **

What is a woman? Kansas Legislature has the answer with Women’s Bill of Rights

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly gives her inaugural address for her second four-year term, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, on the south steps of the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. A Kansas bill banning transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly for the third year in a row Friday, March 17, 2023 setting up a hotly contested fight in the Republican-controlled Legislature to override her. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

What is a woman? Kansas Legislature passes bill defining male, female

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Kansas state Rep. Rui Xu, D-Westwood, holds his 18-month-old daughter, Astra, during a break in the House's work, Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are working late as they tried to finish their business for the year. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas plan could give $500M in COVID relief to businesses

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

In this May 1, 2019 file photo a sign criticizing Kansas Senate majority leader Jim Denning, R-Overland Park and favoring Medicaid expansion was left on the Kansas Statehouse grounds after a protest in Topeka, Kan. Denning helped block a Medicaid expansion plan in 2019 but is now pushing a bipartisan plan he and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly authored. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas GOP leader’s Medicaid expansion move roils Statehouse

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

The Latest: Kansas lawmakers override vetoes of budget items

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Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, left, R-Overland Park, confers with state Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, D-Kansas City, on the far end of the House speaker's raised dais during a long break in the House's session, Friday night, May 3, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Medicaid expansion supporters in the House, including Wolfe Moore, are blocking a proposed state budget to get a vote on expansion in the Senate, where Denning wants to wait until next year. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

The Latest: No Medicaid plan as Kansas lawmakers adjourn

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Kansas state Rep. Brenda Dietrich, center, R-Topeka, confers with House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, left, D-Wichita, and Rep. Susan Concannon, R-Beloit, during a break in the House's session, Friday night, May 3, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Democrats and moderate Republicans who favor Medicaid expansion are trying to hold together a coalition that is blocking the next state budget to force a vote on an expansion plan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

The Latest: Kansas budget blocked in Medicaid fight again

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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo, marchers arrive for a Roe v. Wade protest as hundreds converge on the Kansas Statehouse to mark the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Abortion opponents have been bracing themselves for nearly two years for a ruling from Kansas' highest court that protects abortion rights and upends politics in a state long at the center of the national debate. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Kansas Republicans seek to amend state constitution to limit abortion after court ruling

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Recent Kansas Editorials

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Recent Kansas Editorials

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Kansas Legislature updates harassment policy, more work seen

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, Gov. Jeff Colyer waves after being sworn in as the 47th governor of Kansas during a ceremony at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Colyer is expected to outline proposals for making state government more transparent during an address to the Legislature, on Wednesday, Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

The Latest: Kansas GOP leaders see flexibility on school aid

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Wendy Dole, left, the president and CEO of the Women's Foundation, discusses recommendations for rewriting the Kansas Legislature's policy against sexual harassment as Senate President Susan Wagle, right, R-Wichita, watches during a news conference, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Among other things, the foundation is proposing independent reviews of harassment allegations and annual training for legislators, their employees, their interns and lobbyists. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Group sees Kansas Legislature’s harassment policy as weak

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

The Latest: Leader: Training for Kansas lawmakers is first

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Recent Kansas editorials

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Kansas Democrat wants independent harassment investigator

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

The Latest: Kansas governor calls income tax hike harmful

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The Latest: Kansas Senate advances plan to boost school aid

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