Rachel Mipro
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The legislation bars individuals who are born without the ability to produce eggs for reproduction from using women’s restrooms, locker rooms and other gender-specific areas — and classifies intersex people as disabled. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the bill but the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature narrowly voted to override and put it into law.
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The ban is one of several anti-LGBTQ bills passed by the Kansas Legislature. It would allow for civil suits against doctors who provided gender-affirming care — which is widely supported by U.S. medical associations — for those under age 18. It would also revoke the licenses of physicians who offered such care, starting in July 2023.
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Superintendent Brent Yeager, who oversees the second-largest school district in Kansas, told state lawmakers that a major reason for resignations among teachers was the negative portrayals of educators as unprofessional and unworthy of respect.
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The road to even partial legalization of marijuana has been a long and rocky one. Last session, the Kansas House approved a medical marijuana bill, while a Senate proposal died in committee.
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The St. Marys City Commission had considered not renewing the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library’s lease because it refused to accept a clause asking for the removal of all LGBTQ and socially "divisive" books from shelves.
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The Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library’s lease is under threat because the library refused to comply with a request from the St. Marys City Commission to remove all LGBTQ, sexual, racial or otherwise “socially divisive” content from its shelves.
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The St. Mary’s City Commission is debating whether to renew the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library's lease after the library refused to accept a clause asking it to remove socially, racially or sexually divisive material, including all LGBTQ content.
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A Kansas law passed in 2021 made it illegal for one person to deliver more than 10 advance voting ballots on behalf of other voters, and puts additional restrictions on handling and verifying advanced ballots.
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As the November election gets closer, Democratic candidates say they have been physically threatened, yelled at and followed while canvassing or during other campaign activities. They say their Republican counterparts aren’t met with the same level of harassment.