Constitutional amendment clarifying citizen voting moves to House floor
A proposal tweaking the language of the Kansas Constitution to ensure that noncitizens are not allowed to vote cleared a House committee Tuesday afternoon.
A...
Secretary of state backs bill validating voided school board bond election
The secretary of state on Tuesday got behind a bill that would allow a small western Kansas school district to secure funds from a...
Legislature could get say picking U.S. Senate, other statewide office vacancies
The Kansas Legislature would get a hand in picking vacancies for the U.S. Senate in Kansas under a bill introduced this week in the...
Lawmakers begin work on noncitizenship voting measures
Kansas lawmakers on Tuesday started work on a bill intended to weed out noncitizens from voting with a proposal requiring the secretary of state...
Noncitizen voting debate returns to Capitol
The debate over noncitizenship voting is returning to the Capitol this session with a proposal to tweak the Kansas Constitution with an amendment that...
UPDATED: Schwab first major candidate to join 2026 governor’s race
(Updated to include interview with Schwab and more background with context; adds Senate president as a potential candidate)
Republican Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab...
Schwab wants to beef up safety for election workers as part of agenda
Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab wants to beef up protection for election workers, who have been under duress in recent years nationally because...
Judge blocks state from classifying neighborhood group as PAC
A federal judge on Friday agreed to permanently stop Kansas ethics officials from applying the state’s definition of a political action committee to an...
Eyes turning toward ’26 governor’s race
The calendar says the next race for Kansas governor isn't until 2026.
But conversations are well underway - starting even before the 2024 elections -...
Kansas smashes three election records
Kansas broke three election records this year, including the most people to cast a ballot in history and the most who voted in person...
