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FILE - A general overall interior view of GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium during the first half of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Detroit Lions, Sept. 7, 2023 in Kansas City, Mo. Top Kansas legislators have intensified efforts to woo the Super Bowl champion Chiefs by offering to let the professional football franchise shape a plan for using state bonds to finance a new stadium in Kansas. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

Kansas governor signs bills enabling effort to entice Chiefs and Royals with new stadiums

By John Hanna - Associated Press

ZeroEyes analyst Mario Hernandez demonstrates the use of artificial intelligence with surveillance cameras to identify visible guns at the company's operations center, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Conshohocken, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds

By David A. Lieb and John Hanna - Associated Press

Texas National Guard watch migrants after beaching barriers set up on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, March 21, 2024. A Texas grand jury on Tuesday, April 23, indicted more than 140 migrants on misdemeanor rioting charges over an alleged mass attempt to breach the U.S.-Mexico border, a day after a judge threw out the cases. (Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times via AP, File)

GOP mulls next move after Kansas governor vetoes effort to help Texas in border security fight

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Rick Billinger, left, R-Goodland, confers with Sen. Kristen O'Shea, right, R-Topeka, during a break in the Senate's session, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Republicans are likely to pass a proposed state budget that includes provisions designed to force Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to restrict diversity initiatives on college campuses and help Texas in its fight over border security with the Biden administration. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas’ higher ed board considering an anti-DEI policy as legislators press for a law

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks about the necessity to expand medicaid in Kansas during a rally, March 6, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Gov. Kelly on Friday, April 12, 2024, vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors, 2 anti-abortion bills

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas House Taxation Committee Chair Adam Smith, R-Weskan, explains a plan to cut taxes by $1.5 billion over three years to fellow Republicans in the House during a meeting, Friday, April 5, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kansas lawmakers have approved the plan but some of them expect Gov. Laura Kelly to veto it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas lawmakers approve a tax bill but the state still might not see big tax cuts

By John Hanna - Associated Press

This art illustration from the Kansas Department of Revenue, provided on Tuesday, Nov. 28. 2023, shows the design for a new, standard vehicle license plate that the state had planned to start issuing in March 2024. Criticism of the design has prompted Gov. Laura Kelly to halt its production and promise a public vote on several possible designs. (Kansas Department of Revenue via AP)

Kansas unveiled a new blue and gold license plate. People hated it and now it’s back to square one

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions during a news conference about a new state law that defines male and female in state law so that transgender people can't change their driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The number of people making those changes jumped more than 300% this year ahead of the new law taking effect. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas attorney general sues to prevent transgender people from changing driver’s licenses

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions from reporters during a news conference outside his office May 1, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities if Kobach is successful with a legal move he launched late Friday, June 23. Kobach filed a request in federal court asking a judge to end a requirement that Kansas allow transgender people to change their birth certificates. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

New law requires Kansas to reverse gender change for trans people in state records, state AG says

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks to reporters during a news conference, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly and legislative leaders were required by law to sign off on a legal settlement between the state and a fitness studio owner whose business was forced to shut down in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Hanna) **FILE**

Kansas governor vetoes part of school funding bill, setting up likely legal battle with GOP

By John Hanna and Margaret Stafford - 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)

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes Kansas bill on live deliveries during abortion

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A small flag celebrating LGBTQ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Republican legislators in Kansas voted Wednesday, April 5, 2023, to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college. (AP Photo/John Hanna) **FILE**

Kansas Legislature overrides Democratic governor to ban biological males from female sports

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Kansas state Sen. Cindy Holscher, left, D-Overland Park, gives a high-five to Leland, the young son of Sen. Kristen O'Shea, right, R-Topeka, during a session of the Senate, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are preparing for an intense four days of work ahead of their annual "Drop Dead Day" deadline. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Taxes, trans rights, abortion hot as Kansas deadline looms

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference at the YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment Day Center about her proposals for cutting taxes, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Topeka, Kansas. The Democratic governor is preparing to give the annual State of the State address to a skeptical, Republican-controlled Legislature that has different ideas about how to cut taxes. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas governor to outline agenda for skeptical lawmakers

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas’ Democratic governor imposes TikTok ban

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during an event at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, March 24, 2022. The Democratic governor has vetoed a Republican measure to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports and a GOP measure aimed at making it easier for parents to try to remove materials from public school classrooms and libraries. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Drag-show uproar does a number in Kansas governor’s race

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Kansas Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt motions to get a point across during a debate against Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly at the Doubletree in Overland Park, Kan., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Republican nominee pivots to crime in Kansas governor’s race

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a debate in her race for reelection at the Kansas State Fair, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Hutchinson, Kansas. The Democratic governor says she's confident that a majority of Kansas voters are with her in opposing a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution after it was rejected in August. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Vetoes of women’s sports bills dog Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s reelection bid

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks at the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol in Washington, July 27, 2022. Kelly wasted little time after a decisive victory in Kansas for abortion rights before sending out a national fundraising email warning that access to the procedure would be “on the chopping block” if her party did not win in the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kansas governor lauds abortion vote but focuses on economy

By John Hanna - Associated Press