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With same-sex marriage vote, U.S. Senate says families matter. Including mine, here in Kansas.
The U.S. Senate took a momentous step Tuesday, passing a same-sex marriage law that offers a vital backstop for LGBTQ folks in Kansas and the nation. While the Respect for Marriage Act falls short in some ways, it shows how far we’ve come over the past few decades. In...
Stegall ends teaching relationship at KU
Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall has ended his teaching relationship with the University of Kansas School of Law in the aftermath of a controversy over a speaker that the student chapter of the Federalist Society brought to campus. In a...
Same-sex marriage protected under bill passed by U.S. Senate with GOP support
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying many of the rights that would disappear if the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn those landmark decisions the way it...
BREAKING: State transportation secretary stepping down
State Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz is leaving Gov. Laura Kelly's administration in the first sign of staff changes as the governor enters her second term. “Julie has been a visionary transportation secretary, seeing infrastructure not...
Wichita has spent $150,000 on legal fees in defense of police gang list
TOPEKA — The City of Wichita has paid a private law firm more than $150,000 in legal fees to defend itself from litigation over the police department’s use of a gang list. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Kansas Appleseed filed a class action lawsuit...
Biden nominates Kansas U.S. Attorney
(Developing: Will be updated) President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated a Jackson County, Missouri prosecutor as the next U.S. attorney in Kansas. Biden named Kate Brubacher of Fairway to be the top federal prosecutor in Kansas. Her nomination...
Kansas community corrections programs decry underfunding, seek $11.5 million increase
TOPEKA — The network of community corrections organizations in Kansas proposed an $11.5 million budget increase in the upcoming fiscal year and relaxation of regulations on use of state funding to allow for hiring of about 50 more officers to supervise felony...
Election results show Kansans willing to converse — but not take decisive action
The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. David Norlin is a retired Cloud County Community College teacher, where he...
Former lawmaker remembered as devout public education advocate
Friends of former state Rep. Sue Storm remembered the former lawmaker on Monday as a devout supporter of public education who was a strong and loyal friend. Storm, who at one time was the only Democrat serving in the House from Johnson County,...
U.S. House to intervene in rail workers strike, heeding Biden call
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said the House will take up legislation to ratify an agreement between rail workers and operators in order to avert a nationwide rail strike. “This week, the House will take up a bill adopting the Tentative...
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