
Stephen Koranda
News Editor, Kansas News ServiceAs the Kansas News Service news 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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Abortion opponents requested the recount in nine counties after making unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. The recount showed the amendment still lost by wide margins.
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Kansas House lawmakers failed to override a veto from the governor, spelling the end for a ban on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports.
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The facility near Manhattan will create 500 jobs and join the animal health corridor in the region.
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A final sports betting deal reached Friday struggled to advance in the House and senators left for a break without voting on the bill.
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Republicans in the House voted to override the governor's veto of the redistricting plan Wednesday, which was the last step to approving the map over Democratic opposition.
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The Senate override advances the map to the House. An override in that chamber would put the controversial redistricting plan into effect.
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The veto of the map redrawing the state's congressional districts sets up Republicans for a likely override attempt in the Statehouse.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled a budget that proposes cutting the food sales tax, freezing tuition and sending $250 payments to Kansas taxpayers.
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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.