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With a budget surplus and a looming election, Republicans and Democrats in the Kansas Legislature have said it's necessary to pass tax relief this session. Journalists who cover the Kansas Statehouse have insights into how that might happen.
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The Kansas legislature has taken up several bills this session that the ACLU says would make casting ballots harder. The House Committee on Elections' chair says the goal is to improve Kansans' confidence in elections, and that many of the measures won't make it to a vote on the floor.
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Voters registered as Republicans still outnumber Democrats in Johnson County, but by much less than in 2010. Today, more than half of the county's state representatives today are Democrats — metrics that show the power of the local GOP may be softening.
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Kansas was years ahead of most of the country in granting women full suffrage. A prank by a few men backfired when Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887.
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Aaron Coleman was arrested twice in office and was accused of strangling his ex-girlfriend. He spent one term in the Kansas House, but wants another shot in office.
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly took on Kansas' GOP-led Legislature, vetoing more bills than any Kansas governor in nearly three decades. She shared her thoughts on the legislative session and what she's working on during the off season.
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With bills limiting gender-affirming care and trans sports participation on their way to Gov. Mike Parson, some transgender Missourians are packing up and moving to other states. Plus: How an unlikely feathered friend changed one Kansas City homeless man's life.
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Legislators in Missouri and Kansas this session have introduced some 50 of the most restrictive anti-trans bills in the country. Missouri legislators have sent bills limiting gender-affirming care and trans sports participation to Gov. Mike Parson to be signed, and more are still waiting to be heard. The political environment and accompanying rhetoric have some in the transgender community moving to safer states. Or seriously considering it.
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In both Kansas and Missouri, lawmakers are focusing heavily on the state budget, education issues, and targeting the rights of transgender residents.
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Jeanna Repass lost the race for Kansas secretary of state and now faces criticism from her former campaign manager.
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The senior U.S. senator from Kansas "has thrown red meat here and there to the extreme right of his party," according to one political science professor.
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The two candidates for Kansas House District 37 diverge on issues ranging from education to abortion, but both are promising to make up for what many feel has been two years of lost time representing constituents in Topeka.