Kansas Reflector

06/01/2026

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent decision to downgrade the drug classification for medical cannabis will help medical ma*****na businesses. Companies will be able to claim some federal tax benefits. New research can start up at state universities.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent decision to downgrade the drug classification for medical cannabis will help medical ma*****na businesses.

05/31/2026

Opinion from Max McCoy: There’s an American flag hanging downtown that is frayed and ripping apart at the seams. It hangs mostly together and is recognizable as a flag when there is no wind, but with the breeze the red and white stripes flutter independently of one another. If the wind really kicks up, it all becomes a writhing mess.

Americans are tested at intervals of about a generation or two about what kind of country we’d like to live in.

05/31/2026

President Donald Trump’s extraordinary $1.776 billion fund to pay off allies and others who say they have been wronged by past administrations has drawn widespread condemnation by opponents, including some Republicans, who characterize it as an act of brazen corruption.

05/31/2026

The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies.

05/30/2026

Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and raise already high meat prices.

Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and raise already high meat prices. So far, the parasite has yet to land in the United States, but it has been spreading across Mexico and Central America. Previously eradicated from....

05/30/2026

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with a fund that opponents fear will be used to pay off the president’s political allies.

05/30/2026

Clay Wirestone writes: Political indifference will kill Kansans.

In 2024, 57.2% of Kansans voting in the presidential election cast their ballots for Donald Trump. At the time, commentators pointed out that a tidal wave of rightwing proposals would shortly swamp the United States, harming the most vulnerable.

Of the state’s 2 million registered voters, more than 700,000 abstained. They could have made a difference. Now that crimson wave has begun to hit, and Kansans are being harmed — including many who voted for Trump or decided against participating.

Of the state's 2 million registered voters, more than 700,000 abstained. They could have made a difference. Now the pain begins.

05/29/2026

Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab officially filed to run for Kansas governor on Friday, selecting Rep. Ken Rahjes of Agra as his running mate.

Rahjes represents the Graham County area in western Kansas and chairs the House Agriculture Committee.

Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab officially filed to run for Kansas governor on Friday, selecting Rep. Ken Rahjes of Agra as his running mate.

05/29/2026

Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt’s campaign manager left his digital footprint on documents uploaded to a website that linked a political rival to complaints about how he handled reports of child s*x abuse.

Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt's campaign manager left his digital footprint on documents uploaded to a website that linked a child s*x abuse scandal to a political rival.

05/29/2026

Private school founder, farmer and businessman Zach Lahn is running an insurgent Republican campaign for governor in Iowa.

The former Kansan has labeled this outsider bid as an “Iowa First” campaign. He’s opposed abortion and high taxes, but defended gun rights, school vouchers and religious freedom. He told Iowa voters he admired President Donald Trump’s tenacious fight against the political establishment.

Zach Lahn, a cofounder of a Wichita private school and resident of Kansas until 2023, is a contender in Iowa's Republican primary for governor.