Tag: Kansas Legislature
Audit finds Kansas has exceeded federal SNAP error rates since 2019
A recently released report from the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit found problems with the error rate in the…
Kansas House wants to establish compensation fund for nurses ‘harmed’ by State Board of Nursing
According to the Sunflower State Journal, budget writers for the Kansas House of Representatives have agreed to set aside $1…
Cellphone ban bill threatened by private school provisions
School cellphone ban legislation is potentially on shaky ground over provisions that would apply to private schools. Senate Bill 302…
Senate Tax Committee mulls limit on taxable assessed valuation increases
The Kansas Legislature is again taking up a bill this year that would put a proposed amendment to the Kansas…
Kansas Association of Realtors (KAR) representative responds to Sentinel story about assessment limits
Last year, the Kansas Association of Realtors (KAR) lobbied against an assessment limit — a constitutional amendment to cap assessed…
Kansas low-income students tax credit scholarship program hits $10 million cap for the first time
For the first time in a decade, the Kansas Low Income Students Tax Credit Scholarship program reached the $10 million…
Realtors say they support assessment limit, don’t understand why their association is opposed
Last year, the Kansas Association of Realtors lobbied against an assessment limit—a constitutional amendment to cap assessed value increases. However,…
Bipartisan bill to ban cell phone use in school introduced
Two Kansas Senate leaders introduced bipartisan legislation on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, to prohibit students from using a cell phone…
Manhattan school district bans effective ABA autism therapy from classrooms
Despite allowing it for up to 15 years, the Manhattan, Kansas, school system banned Applied Behavior Analysis therapy in the classroom provided by…
K-State textbook appears to violate the state’s DEI ban in higher education
In early November, Kansas lawmakers said they received reports suggesting Kansas State University is ignoring state law and still has…
Follow-up audit finds state agencies followed less than half of audit recommendations
A follow-up with state agencies from the Department of Legislative Post Audit found that of nine recommendations to selected state…
AI gun detection software coming to Kansas schools; at least one bidder, ZeroEyes, admits it cannot detect concealed weapons
The Kansas Attorney General’s Office recently announced there are three bidders for the $10 million contract to provide artificial intelligence-enabled…
Confusing property tax question on the ballot in Paola
As the November 4 general election approaches, voters in Paola are being asked to vote on a ballot question that…
Report takes aim at unlicensed childcare providers, Rep. Tarwater defends new state law
The number of children who died in licensed child care facilities is nearly the same as the number who died…
State senator pushes for oversight of rural health care funds in potential special session
Senate Majority Leader Chase Blasi wants a potential special session to include discussion on how to handle federal rural health…
Kansas ACT scores, college-readiness hit new lows
ACT scores for 2025 were released this week, showing yet another decline and hitting a new all-time low. The composite…
LPA finds large inconsistencies in HPIP tax-credit program
A recent report by the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit found it was impossible to determine how many tax…
Kansas Commerce Dept: approve projects, then learn if they’re viable
When the Colby City Council met to discuss a new STAR bond project on Oct. 7, 2025, they had to…
Montgomery County Commission appears to retaliate against clerk over RNR hearing fiasco
Montgomery County Commissioners seem to be taking retaliatory action against Montgomery County Clerk Ami Standridge in the county’s revised budget,…
Des Moines school superintendent was an illegal alien registered to vote as Democrat in Maryland
Contrary to the law — and claims that non-citizens and illegal immigrants cannot vote — it appears the former Des…
KSDE, State Board of Education ignore state literacy law
You might think that the State Board of Education would be laser-focused on addressing the serious literacy problem in Kansas.…
Kansas Supreme Court upholds 2021 religious exemption law
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a 2021 law shielding workers who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine over religious…
Legislators hear property tax issues: land value manipulation, businesses fleeing Kansas and voter demands for reform
The Kansas Constitution (Article 11, Section 1) stipulates that “the legislature shall provide for a uniform and equal basis of…
Park City STAR Bond project hits snag
In April of 2025, the Wichita Eagle reported the roughly $500 million “Champtown” development in Park City was “full speed…