A judge ruled Monday that Kansas must list only sex at birth on its driver’s licenses until a lawsuit over the issue is resolved. After the Kansas […]
Tag: Kansas Legislature
Kansas bills would stop doctors from cutting off minor’s sex organs
TOPEKA – Conservative Kansas lawmakers hope they can resurrect efforts for laws that failed last year to create penalties for doctors and healthcare providers who […]
More daycare is not a deathbed aspiration
Does politics have room for a contrarian view on daycare? And I say politics, in general, because both Republicans and Democrats seem to be falling […]
Time for Kansas to stand with Texas
If Governor Laura Kelly won’t make a public proclamation of support for governor Greg Abbott of Texas and his efforts to secure the federal border […]
Kelly to poorest Kansans: Keep giving unto Caesar
TOPEKA – In one felled swoop of her veto pen on Friday, Governor Laura Kelly denied tax relief to 341,000 low-income Kansas taxpayers who, under […]
Here’s how the poor save more money under Kansas flat tax plan
Three reasons the flat tax proposal is better for taxpayers than Gov. Kelly’s plan A week into the 2024 Legislative session, the two largest tax […]
2024 county commissioner elections critical to fighting wind farms in Kansas
There’s a saying among arborists and landscapers that “the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.” As 2024 comes down the pike […]
Kansas teachers have to get better at teaching reading
Sounding the alarm that 37% of fourth-grade students in the United States (40% in Kansas) cannot read at grade level, the National Council on Teacher […]
The good, the bad and the ugly of Governor Kelly’s 2024 Kansas budget
Last week, Governor Laura Kelly kicked off this year’s legislative session by releasing her FY 2025 Budget Report. Inside are her policies that she wants to […]
No study, no research, no questions: Just give Kansas special ed more money
A special education task force in the Kansas Legislature last week overruled Republican opposition and forwarded a request for additional funding for special ed without […]