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Kansas Reflector is a nonprofit news operation providing in-depth reporting, diverse opinions and daily coverage of state government and politics.

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Wednesday marked the first day in two years that transgender Kansans were able to change the gender markers on their drivers licenses after the Kansas Supreme Court denied Attorney General Kris Kobach’s appeal in a long legal battle. (@kansasreflector.com)

Kansas once again allows gender changes on driver’s licenses after Kobach loses legal battle

The Kansas Supreme Court’s decision to reject an appeal from Attorney General Kris Kobach allows the state to resume a process that had been in place for more than 20 years.

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henrywindsor.bsky.social @henrywindsor.bsky.social · 3h

A very good explanation of First Amendment protections for public employees.

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Opinion by Max Kautsch: Kansas officials’ zeal for firing state employee over post leaves agency, taxpayers in the lurch | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/k...

Kansas officials’ zeal for firing state employee over post leaves agency, taxpayers in the lurch • Kansas Reflector

None of those power brokers are named defendants, but the lawsuit suggests their statements loom over the decision to end Allen’s employment.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 2h

30-year decline in Kansas health can be reversed with leadership, report finds | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/3...

30-year decline in Kansas health can be reversed with leadership, report finds • Kansas Reflector

Kansas’ health ranking had one of the steepest declines in the nation in the past 30 years, according to a study that sought to identify potential reasons and fixes for the state’s downward slide.

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Opinion by Max Kautsch: Kansas officials’ zeal for firing state employee over post leaves agency, taxpayers in the lurch | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/k...

Kansas officials’ zeal for firing state employee over post leaves agency, taxpayers in the lurch • Kansas Reflector

None of those power brokers are named defendants, but the lawsuit suggests their statements loom over the decision to end Allen’s employment.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 19h

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Kansas Republicans shift focus from gerrymandering to anti-trans law in quest for a special session • Kansas Reflector

Republican legislative leaders are urging lawmakers to support their push for a special session where they can both ban Kansans from altering gender markers on their driver's licenses and redraw congr...

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 19h

Pretty wild stuff here reported by the @kansasreflector.com.

GOP leaders are pushing their members to convene a special session to gerrymander the KS House map, but now they say there's an even more important reason: stopping trans Kansans from changing gender markers on their driver's licenses.

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Trump, U.S. leaders celebrate end of hostilities in Gaza | #ksleg via @ashleymurray.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/13/r...

Trump, U.S. leaders celebrate end of hostilities in Gaza • Kansas Reflector

WASHINGTON — After just over two years in Hamas captivity, the surviving Israeli hostages were released Monday as President Donald Trump visited Israel and Egypt to celebrate a U.S.-brokered peace dea...

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kansascarpenter.bsky.social @kansascarpenter.bsky.social · 21h

Kansas House speaker, state budget director tangle over status of current state budget. kansasreflector.com/2025/10/13/k... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

Kansas state budget director disputes House speaker's assertion of budget thriftiness • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas budget director objects to claims by House Speaker Dan Hawkins the state government budget adopted by the 2025 Legislature spent less than the amount proposed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly...

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 21h

We are not that cool.

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Pentagon to shift research dollars to pay troops during shutdown | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social and @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/13/r...

Pentagon to shift research dollars to pay troops during shutdown • Kansas Reflector

The Trump administration plans to send paychecks to active duty troops this week, despite Congress not passing legislation to allow it during the ongoing shutdown.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 23h

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Kansas Republicans shift focus from gerrymandering to anti-trans law in quest for a special session • Kansas Reflector

Republican legislative leaders are urging lawmakers to support their push for a special session where they can both ban Kansans from altering gender markers on their driver's licenses and redraw congr...

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Kansas state budget director disputes House speaker’s assertion of budget thriftiness | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/13/k...

Kansas state budget director disputes House speaker's assertion of budget thriftiness • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas budget director objects to claims by House Speaker Dan Hawkins the state government budget adopted by the 2025 Legislature spent less than the amount proposed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly...

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 1d

Podcast: Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature are working to cobble together the necessary two-thirds majority of the House and Senate to call a special session in November. | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social and @journalist-sherman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/podcasts/kan...

Kansas Republicans work toward special session on gerrymandering, gender markers • Kansas Reflector

Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature are working to cobble together the necessary two-thirds majority of the House and Senate to call a special session in November.

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Kansas judges, attorneys weigh ‘fragmented’ remote court proceedings as Supreme Court seeks change | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/13/k...

Kansas judges, attorneys weigh 'fragmented' remote court proceedings as Supreme Court seeks change • Kansas Reflector

A Kansas Supreme Court proposal to give judges a framework for holding remote appearances has drawn mixed reviews.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 1d

Opinion by Rex Buchanan and Mike Hayden: As Kansans cluster in urban areas, our public lands deserve appreciation and protection | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/13/a...

As Kansans cluster in urban areas, our public lands deserve appreciation and protection • Kansas Reflector

For an increasingly urban population, state and federal parks are increasingly important. They are a way to know and enjoy the natural world.

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Max McCoy @maxmccoy.com · 1d

My @kansasreflector.com column today.

The work of Kansas artist Blackbear Bosin straddled rivers — and worlds • Kansas Reflector

“The Keeper of the Plains” is Blackbear Bosin’s 44-foot steel sculpture of a Native American, hands lifted to the heavens. It is installed on a rocky plinth above the confluence of the Arkansas and Li...

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Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds | via @nhassanein.bsky.social #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/12/r...

Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds • Kansas Reflector

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health.

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Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: The work of Kansas artist Blackbear Bosin straddled rivers — and worlds #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/12/t...

The work of Kansas artist Blackbear Bosin straddled rivers — and worlds • Kansas Reflector

“The Keeper of the Plains” is Blackbear Bosin’s 44-foot steel sculpture of a Native American, hands lifted to the heavens. It is installed on a rocky plinth above the confluence of the Arkansas and Li...

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 2d

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs | #ksleg via @tim-henderson.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/11/r...

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs • Kansas Reflector

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1.

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Opinion by Matthew Redmond: In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings — and for being skeptical | kansasreflector.com/2025/10/11/i...

In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings — and for being skeptical • Kansas Reflector

Saying “no” — especially to those in power — is an underrated American pastime, and Thomas Paine was its Babe Ruth.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 3d

Trump pledges additional 100% tariffs on China by Nov. 1 | #ksleg via @fischler.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/10/10/r...

Trump pledges additional 100% tariffs on China by Nov. 1 • Kansas Reflector

President Donald Trump threatened to add a 100% tariff rate on Chinese goods Friday, saying in a social media post he was responding to export controls from the world’s second-largest economy.

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kansascarpenter.bsky.social @kansascarpenter.bsky.social · 3d

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly seeks public input on future state budget at town halls. kansasreflector.com/2025/10/10/g... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

Gov. Laura Kelly plunges into town halls to draw public input about Kansas budget priorities • Kansas Reflector

SALINA — Anna Pauscher Morawitz devoted her opportunity to directly lobby Gov. Laura Kelly to request more be done to help Kansas rise above 47th in the nation in state appropriations for the arts. Du...

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kansascarpenter.bsky.social @kansascarpenter.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Sen. Moran of Kansas anxious government shutdown a threat to aviation safety. kansasreflector.com/briefs/u-s-s... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran contends government closure 'slowly crushing our aviation system' • Kansas Reflector

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, urged Senate colleagues to pass a budget resolution to reopen the government and reduce risk of an aviation disaster.

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Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 3d

The KBI says last week's raids yielded 343.38 pounds of marijuana bud, 43,867 pre-rolled joints, 35,627 THC vapes, 84,481 TCH and psilocybin edibles, $35,436 in cash, and a box truck #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/kbi-r...

KBI raids yield hundreds of pounds of marijuana, thousands of joints, vapes and edibles • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana and tens of thousands of pre-rolled joints, THC vapes and edibles during raids last week at 18 retail stores across Kansas.

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KBI raids yield hundreds of pounds of marijuana, thousands of joints, vapes and edibles | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg

KBI raids yield hundreds of pounds of marijuana, thousands of joints, vapes and edibles • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana and tens of thousands of pre-rolled joints, THC vapes and edibles during raids last week at 18 retail stores across Kansas.

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