Tag: Kansas Legislature

Owning sawed-off shotguns and silencers without federal registration is illegal in Kansas, but state lawmakers and National Rifle Association lawsuits are trying to change that. A bevy of federal lawsuits attempting to overturn the National Firearms…

TOPEKA – Kansas took in $58.4 million less in tax revenue than it expected in February. Total collections were placed at $506.3 million, or more than 10% below the estimate, and about 7.6% down from…

TOPEKA — Students from Allen County high schools participated in Kansas Prevention Advocacy Day Thursday, joining over 100 young people from more than 12 school districts across the state. They arrived at the Kansas Capitol…

As political scientists who study Kansas politics, election administration, and political participation — and as the coauthors of a recent statistical analysis of Kansas’ special elections — we are compelled to speak out against Kansas…

TOPEKA — Kansas House fiscal hawks debated Wednesday whether the chamber’s budget bill did enough in the upcoming fiscal year to grapple with the reality of the state spending $500 million more annually than collected…

TOPEKA — Kansans will soon be required to use the bathroom of their biological sex at birth in all government buildings after the House on Wednesday joined the Senate to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto.…

TOPEKA — The Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would make Kansas the first state in the nation to stop attorneys from recommending an amount for noneconomic damages, such as pain and suffering, in civil…

TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee offered bipartisan support for legislation authorizing a protest-petition option for taxpayers eager to block city or county property tax increases that pushed revenue more than 3% above the previous…

TOPEKA — The Senate on Monday passed a bill to force state officials to share Kansans’ personal data with the federal government. In a vote along party lines, Senate Substitute for House Bill 2004 will…

TOPEKA — Five people walked through the Kansas Capitol on Monday shrouded in long, red cloaks and with faces concealed from view by wing-like white bonnets. The intent was to catch the attention of legislators…