Kansas Reflector

07/10/2025

U.S. Democratic lawmakers argued in a new legal filing this week that President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs usurped congressional power, and they urged a federal appellate court to strike down the duties on foreign imports.

07/10/2025

A federal judge in New Hampshire Thursday issued a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order that would rewrite the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, and granted a class certification to infants who would be affected by the order.

07/10/2025

Congress has just one week left to approve the Trump administration’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media and foreign aid, setting up yet another tight deadline for lawmakers.

07/10/2025

Gov. Laura Kelly objected to Republican governor candidate Jeff Colyer’s fundraising appeals tied to a devastating tornado that tore through Pratt, Stafford and Reno counties in May.

Gov. Laura Kelly labels GOP governor candidate Jeff Colyer's decision to link fundraising appeal to multicounty tornado, storm damage as "tacky and crass."

07/10/2025

The Kansas State Board of Education and Attorney General Kris Kobach have been fighting about whether Kansas should drop a ban on discrimination against persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity from public school district contracts tied to federally funded food nutrition programs.

Attorney General Kris Kobach wants Kansas education officials to drop from public school contracts a ban on gender identity discrimination.

07/10/2025

Republicans and Democrats in the Kansas Legislature expressed frustration with inability of a software developer to hit the June 30 deadline for completing work on modernized software for processing bills, amendments and resolutions.

Skeptical leaders of Kansas Legislature grant IT contractor three months extra to resolve glitches in software that will be relied on to write bills.

07/10/2025

Opinion by Mark McCormick: Five Sedgwick County Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center officers held a 135-pound, 17-year-old Cedric “C.J.” Lofton face down, pressure on his back, until he died in 2021. The Sedgwick County coroner ruled the death a homicide. No one was even arrested, let alone prosecuted.

Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett, who declined to file charges in the death of Cedric Lofton, should face accountability, writes Mark McCormick.

07/10/2025

A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s attempts to dismiss a lawsuit by wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was returned to the United States last month.

A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s attempts to dismiss a lawsuit by wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was returned to the United States last month. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis submitted a brief paperless order that did not elaborate on her reaso...

07/09/2025

Interest accrual on the debt of nearly 7.7 million student loan borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan will resume Aug. 1, the U.S. Education Department said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Interest accrual on the debt of nearly 7.7 million student loan borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan will resume Aug. 1, the U.S. Education Department said Wednesday. The Biden-era income-driven repayment plan better known as SAVE saw legal challenges from sev...

07/09/2025

President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step closer to confirmation.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step closer to confirmation. Susan Monarez’s nomination now goes to the floor, where she will likely s...

07/09/2025

Kansas brought in more than $10 billion in tax revenue in the most recent fiscal year, which is about the same as the previous year’s totals but better than state analysts predicted.

07/09/2025

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt launched Wednesday a campaign to win the Republican Party’s nomination for governor.

Kansas' state insurance commissioner joins the expanding field of Republican candidates in the race for governor in 2026.