Legislators agree to narrow scope of school choice plan to largest counties
The school choice debate came back to life Wednesday with a new variation of a plan providing public aid for students to attend private...
House fails to override veto of DEI budget measure for higher education
A budget measure preventing state universities from asking job applicants about diversity, equity and inclusion failed to survive in the House on Wednesday.
The House...
Sunday Reader: A long, busy week; Lesser prairie chicken loses round in Congress
Good morning everyone:
Hope everyone got home safe Friday night and Saturday morning. We are zonked as we prepare this week's roundup, which will not...
A recap of the 2023 legislative session: What happened to 79 issues and bills?
Well, the 2023 legislative session is now done.
Here’s a look at the 79 major pieces of legislation and issues that have been debated, passed...
Sunday Reader: Fiscal note reliability; Audit of DEI at state universities planned
Good morning everyone:
Everything has settled down after the Legislature came to a close. News was hard to find in the last week, so please...
Audit says agencies didn’t fully implement recommendations
Three state agencies have fully implemented only one of seven recommendations made by legislative auditors in the last four years, a new report shows.
A...
GOP moves on proposal removing top leaders, women, minorities from key committees
State Republicans are moving to change the makeup of their party leadership with proposals that would remove top elected officials and other affiliated groups...
Sunday Reader: Senate races evolving; Child care interim committee sought
Good morning everyone:
It was a quiet week at the SSJ homestead with Mrs. SSJ in San Diego on a business trip. She gets a...
National GOP Hispanic group urges Kansas Republicans to drop rules change
A group billing itself as the largest conservative Hispanic organization in the country is urging Kansas Republicans to drop a plan for removing elected...
Longtime abortion foe behind constitutional amendment recount dies in plane crash
A longtime abortion foe who got behind the effort to force a partial recount of the constitutional amendment on abortion died in a plane...
