Stephen Koranda
Managing Editor, Kansas News ServiceAs the Kansas News Service managing editor, I help our statewide team of reporters find the important issues and breaking news that impact people statewide. We refine our daily stories to illustrate the issues and events that affect the health, well-being and economic stability of the people of Kansas.
I spent almost 15 years reporting on government and state legislatures in Mississippi and Kansas before becoming the Kansas News Service daily news editor in 2021. I was on the air in Kansas for a dozen years as the Kansas Public Radio Statehouse reporter.
Now I'm using that experience to help Kansas News Service reporters develop and refine their stories as they cover topics that impact the people of Kansas.
I'm a native of the Midwest with a degree from the University of Iowa. Email me at skoranda@kcur.org.
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Gov. Laura Kelly delivered a State of the State speech Tuesday that called for cutting sales taxes on groceries, freezing public university tuition and eliminating partisan squabbling.
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It appears to be the first time that Kansas lawmakers have called themselves back into special session using a petition.
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Kansas state Rep. Aaron Coleman could face a legislative complaint after a domestic battery charge.
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The suit started with a fight over masks orders in some Johnson County schools, but a controversial law limiting government COVID-19 response is hanging in the balance.
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Republican state Sen. Gene Suellentrop was sentenced for two misdemeanors and avoids a felony conviction for charges of drunk driving, going the wrong way on I-70 and evading police.
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The agreement promises services that could help hundreds of people leave nursing homes and live on their own.
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An infrastructure bill in the U.S. Senate has billions of dollars for Kansas and Missouri roads, bridges, electric vehicles and high-speed internet, but passage is far from certain.
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The Democratic governor has warred with Republican leaders in the Legislature over emergency orders throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A task force is asking Kansas ranchers to take an online survey to find out where the shortage is most severe.
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Conservatives flexed the strength of their legislative supermajority, but they failed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on some key issues.