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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks at the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol in Washington, July 27, 2022. Kelly wasted little time after a decisive victory in Kansas for abortion rights before sending out a national fundraising email warning that access to the procedure would be “on the chopping block” if her party did not win in the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Kansas governor lauds abortion vote but focuses on economy
By JOHN HANNA - AP Political Writer
Sat,09/03/22-7:25AM , 115 Reads
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov.
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Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach speaks in Leavenworth, Kan., on July 8, 2019. Kansas voters have said no to Kobach twice over the past four years., but the immigration hard-liner is pursuing a political comeback. Kobach is running for Kansas attorney general after losing a general election for governor in 2018 and a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Kobach looks for comeback in Kansas after losing 2 big races
By JOHN HANNA - AP Political Writer
Mon,07/04/22-11:12PM , 144 Reads
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas voters have said no to Kris Kobach twice over the past four years. But he is nonetheless betting that this can be the year he makes a political comeback.
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People protest about abortion, Friday, June 24, 2022, outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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With Roe over, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights
By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press
Fri,06/24/22-12:03PM , 133 Reads
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry.
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This image shows the "Ad Astra 2" congressional redistricting plan for Kansas drafted by the Kansas Legislative Research Department for Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. A Kansas district court judge on Monday, April 25, 2022, struck down a new Republican-backed congressional map that would likely make it harder for the only Democrat in the state's delegation to win reelection this year. (Kansas Legislative Research Department via AP)

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Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
By JOHN HANNA - AP Political Writer
Wed,05/18/22-10:36AM , 139 Reads
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans on Wednesday improved their chances of flipping the only Kansas congressional seat held by a Democrat, when the state’s highest court upheld the new congressional map they drew.
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