Kansas House Republicans have repeatedly met in closed caucus meetings this legislative session, doing state business in secret and upending longstanding tradition. Kansas Reflector staff have witnessed five of these closed sessions firsthand, in January, February, and March.
TOPEKA — Democratic Rep. Alexis Simmons and former Kansas Republican Party executive director Kris Van Meteren stand uncommonly side-by-side against elimination of contribution limits applicable to political party committees.
Thundering old men in Sweden My husband, Jeff, received a unique local opportunity while living in Östersund, Sweden. He was sponsored by my cousin Janne and inducted into the 103-year-old Dundergubbarna Club.
You may have heard of the Progressive Christians of Lindsborg, but you may not know how or why we came into being and what we’re about. So this is a brief introduction to help everyone understand what we are.
TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee is considering a bill that would create a 17-member commission to study operations and priorities of public higher education institutions, including consolidation of state universities and community colleges or technical colleges. The bill was introduced in early March by state Reps.
TOPEKA — The Kansas House delivered preliminary approval Monday on legislation forbidding external postsecondary educational organizations from compelling a Kansas public and private college or university to violate state law in order to receive full accreditation. The bill previously passed by the Kansas Senate was championed by two out-of-state, conservative organizations lobbying to convince states to move higher education away from certain ideologies, programs or expenditures.
The City of Lindsborg will allow city employees up to four weeks of paid time off to care for and bond with a new child, but a proposal to let them turn accumulated sick leave into vacation time was struck from employee handbook revisions that the City Council approved by a 5-1 vote Monday night. In other business, the council continued contracts for ambulance service and insurance, and approved a sandblast-and-paint job for the swimming pool.