The First Territorial Capitol at Pawnee, Kansas, was only used for one session before moving to Lecompton, Kansas, when the pro-slavery advocates controlled the state, by Kathy Alexander. On May 30, 1855, an election was held to establish the Kansas Legislature, which was won and organized b...
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For the 2023 Session of the Kansas Legislature, individual requests for bill introductions had to be submitted before February 8, 2023; with committee introductions on or before February 10, 2023. All bills must pass the house-of-origin on or before February 23, 2023 (with some exceptions) or...
Abortion opponents in the Kansas Legislature worked to restrict reproductive care in new ways, with mixed results. And as lawmakers prepare to head back to Topeka next week for a new legislative session, Republicans have a veto-proof supermajority — but remain...
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly ultimately vetoed the funding, a move that appeared to be political punishment toward Robinson for straying from the Democratic path. She said she vetoed the funding because it was added late in the session and was...
Denny Hoskins (r) [2023 file photo] Senator Denny Hoskins, CPA @DLHoskins Thank you to these brave heroes! #moleg [….] 9:59 PM · Feb 15, 2024 Senator Denny Hoskins, CPA @DLHoskins I will always oppose red-flag laws in Missouri! It’s unfortunate MO house leadership doesn’t see...
What raw milk supporters did not anticipate in the 2020 session was the introduction of Senate Bill 300, legislation proposing to ban the sale of any raw milk product (other than aged raw cheese by licensed manufacturers). Kansas has one of the more favorable raw milk laws in the U.S., ...
Although still firmly pro-slavery, this group removed some of the earlier laws that their antislavery neighbors opposed. In the fall of 1857, a convention met in Constitution Hall and drafted the famous Lecompton Constitution, which would have admitted Kansas to the Union as a slave state. ...
I chalked it up to a weekday night game after school was back in session and the Royals were long out of the pennant race. Yet I was somewhat shocked at how poor attendance at Royals games has gotten. I've never considered that the number of tickets sold for Royals games would be ...
the matter. The commission is set to have a 45-minute executive session ahead of its meeting Tuesday with city legal staff. The notice states the executive session is to discuss “privileged legal communications from the city’s attorneys reg...