000 starting in 2025, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka. The proposal would increase rank-and-file lawmakers' pay by 93% in hopes of getting a more diverse Legislature.
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...
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Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted possibly the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. The GOP-controlled Legislature on Thursday overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of the measure. The vote in the House was 84-40 and gave
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 ...
The Kansas Constitution protects the right to an abortion, and voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed ballot measure that would have undone that protection in 2022. But a veto-proof Republican supermajority in the state Legislature managed to pass a few new restri...
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4 of 4 The state flower of Kansas is the wild sunflower. Capital: Topeka Population1: (2020) 2,937,880; (2023 est.) 2,940,546 Governor: Laura Kelly (Democrat) Date Of Admission: January 29, 1861 U.S. Senators: Roger Marshall (Republican) Jerry Moran (Republican) Show More ...
The issue of requiring managers of private funds to disclose their ESG activities to clients or to get clients' verbal or written consent to use them appears to be the last major sticking point among Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature. They've already backed off the toughest version ...
Government in Kansas is based on the constitution of 1859, adopted just before Kansas attained statehood. An elected governor serves a term of four years. The legislature has a senate with 40 members and a house of representatives with 125 members. Kansas is represented in the U.S. Congress...