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November 8, 2024. Governor pardons five, commutes sentences for two others. November 7, 2024. Abortion falls flat as campaign issue in general election. November 7, 2024. POPULAR POSTS. State urges Kansas Supreme Court to reverse landmark abortion ruling. March 27, 2023. Eisenhower statue approved for capitol grounds.
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Nov 4, 2024 · Poll finds that few knew about Kansas tax cuts. Brad Cooper - October 28, 2024 0. Even as statehouse candidates pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into campaigns focused on taxes, a new poll shows that very few Kansans were... (UPDATED) Sunday Reader: Voting grace periods in legal peril?; Dems help Libertarian. Brad Cooper - October 27, 2024 0.
Six takeaways from Gov. Kelly’s State of the State address
Jan 10, 2024 · Here are six takeaways from the governor’s address to a joint session of the Kansas Legislature on Wednesday night. Medicaid expansion. If the last six months of Kansas politics have told you anything, it is very clear that Kelly is not letting go of Medicaid expansion – ever. It’s been an issue since she ran for office in 2018, and it ...
Shallenburger, Erickson vie for Senate VP post
1 day ago · 39. Republican state Sen. Tim Shallenburger has joined the race for Senate vice president against fellow Republican Renee Erickson of Wichita. Shallenburger on Tuesday officially announced his intention to run for the position that will come open with Rick Wilborn of McPherson moving over to the House in 2025. "After careful consideration and ...
Senate Republicans poised to gain two seats; keep supermajority
Nov 6, 2024 · Senate Republicans appeared to have picked up two seats and turned back a vigorous effort by Gov. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to break up their supermajority. Unofficial results showed that Republican Lansing businessman Jeff Klemp defeated Democratic state Sen. Jeff Pittman of Leavenworth by 61 votes with provisional ballots left to be counted ...
UPDATED: Revenues reduced for fiscal ’24 after policy changes; …
Nov 9, 2023 · (Updated to include ending balance for fiscal year 2024) State fiscal analysts on Thursday reduced the revenue forecast for the current fiscal year by $67 million, although they see no sign of economic turmoil on the horizon.
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Legislative races and the role Kansas members of Congress play. Brad Cooper - October 22, 2024 0. There are a lot of outside groups trying to influence this year's legislative elections. There's Gov. Laura Kelly's political action committee. There's the left-leaning Kansas Values...
Quarter of Kansans voted heading into Election Day
Nov 1, 2024 · A little more than 25% of the state's roughly 2 million voters have already cast a ballot before Election Day, putting the state on track to set a record turnout this year. As of Friday, 516,776 ballots had been cast, up about 37.6% from the 375,687 cast at this point in 2016, the last presidential election before the pandemic. The advance ...
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Sep 16, 2024 · Governor names new press secretary. Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday named Grace Hoge as her new press secretary. Hoge, who is now working as the communications coordinator, held various finance...
UPDATED: House Republicans appear to build on supermajority
Nov 6, 2024 · 481. (Updated to include comments from House speaker and key Democratic lawmaker) House Republicans appeared to build on their supermajority Tuesday night, flipping three Democratically held seats and defending robust challenges to lawmakers in suburban Johnson County. Republicans knocked off Democratic state Reps. Jason Probst in Hutchinson ...