Kansas Legislature

The Value Them Both amendment would change the state constitution so it does not contain a right to abortion. That comes in response to a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling that concluded the right to abortion exists in the state constitution.

Passage of an amendment to the Kansas Constitution would clear the way for lawmakers to outlaw abortion. Some lawmakers already have legislation ready to go.

De Soto, Kansas, will be the home of a new $4 billion Panasonic plant to make batteries for electric cars. Officials promise the plant will create 4,000 new jobs and bring thousands of new residents to the region, but it took a lot of tax incentives to land the deal.

Kansas is giving Panasonic $829 million in incentives to build a $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant that promises 4,000 employees. Other states have spent more, on average, to lure employers.

Panasonic announced on Wednesday it has chosen De Soto, Kansas, as the site of a massive new factory. The plant will be the largest vehicle battery production facility in the world and will cost $4 billion to construct.

State officials announced that Panasonic Energy chose Kansas for the plant because of its tax rates and taxpayer incentives.

Byers withdrew her filing to run for reelection Friday.

Kansas voters will decide on Aug. 2 whether to amend the state constitution with a provision that says it doesn’t promise access to abortion.

After the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the state's GOP-drawn congressional redistricting map, one Wyandotte County lawmaker says the decision will "leave voiceless in Congress a large percentage of Kansans."

The state's highest court reversed a lower court decision that found the Republican-led Kansas Legislature drew a map that was racially and politically gerrymandered.

A map drawn by legislative Republicans was thrown out by a lower court on grounds that it discriminated against people of color and Democrats.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a food sales tax cut into law Wednesday.