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Big session. Late night. A lot of moving pieces. More next week — including a look back at how this session measured up ...
04/11/2026

Big session. Late night. A lot of moving pieces. More next week — including a look back at how this session measured up to what we predicted. We’d rather be accurate than first. 🐝

Your property taxes. A veto. A failed override. And now the same policy is back in a different bill — moving today.
04/11/2026

Your property taxes. A veto. A failed override. And now the same policy is back in a different bill — moving today.

Three more veto overrides cleared last night. Now at 12 bills enacted over the governor’s objection — and veto session r...
04/10/2026

Three more veto overrides cleared last night. Now at 12 bills enacted over the governor’s objection — and veto session rolls on today. 🐝

Nine down. More coming. The governor's pen just became a formality. 🐝
04/09/2026

Nine down. More coming. The governor's pen just became a formality. 🐝

*See update in comments.*Your property tax bill is shaped by how the government values your home. Kansas lawmakers start...
04/09/2026

*See update in comments.*

Your property tax bill is shaped by how the government values your home.

Kansas lawmakers started with a plan to limit those valuation increases to 3% a year — and even roll prices back to 2022 levels.

By the time the conference committee was done, both of those protections were gone. 🐝

While the House was moving, so was the Senate. Five veto overrides on everything from housing vouchers to school choice ...
04/09/2026

While the House was moving, so was the Senate. Five veto overrides on everything from housing vouchers to school choice to occupational licensing. 🐝

The Kansas House is moving through veto overrides fast. Here’s where things stand so far. 🐝
04/09/2026

The Kansas House is moving through veto overrides fast. Here’s where things stand so far. 🐝

Kansas has a special education funding crisis. The Legislature’s answer? Pass private school vouchers. Twice.HB 2468. Ve...
04/09/2026

Kansas has a special education funding crisis. The Legislature’s answer? Pass private school vouchers. Twice.

HB 2468. Vetoed.
SB 361. Vetoed yesterday.

They passed the same play twice and got stopped twice. Tomorrow, veto session starts — and the supermajority gets one last shot at the override.

On SB 361, they have 3 votes to spare in the House. Two in the Senate. That’s it.

Will the veto hold?

Or will the supermajority steamroll public education. Again.

🐝 Follow along. Link in bio.

In 2024, Kansas Republicans tried to cut $2.5 billion from state revenues. Money Kansas doesn’t have. For a deficit Kans...
04/09/2026

In 2024, Kansas Republicans tried to cut $2.5 billion from state revenues. Money Kansas doesn’t have. For a deficit Kansas is already drowning in.

Kelly vetoed it.

They needed 27 Senate votes to override. They got 26.

One vote. That’s the only thing standing between Kansas and a fiscal hole so deep you couldn’t see the bottom.

Three Republicans did the math. The math won.

Tomorrow, veto session starts. New bills. New override attempts. Same supermajority. Same pen.

We’ll be there for every vote count.

🐝 Link in bio. Don’t look away.

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed 8 bills in a single day — immigration, education, abortion, local control, and legislative power...
04/07/2026

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed 8 bills in a single day — immigration, education, abortion, local control, and legislative power all on the list.

But Kansas has a Republican supermajority.

The votes to override may already exist. Veto session is Thursday and Friday. 🐝

Bills vetoed: SB 254 · HB 2468 · HB 2727 · HB 2729 · HB 2603 · SB 30 · HB 2719 · SB 375

Track every override vote → BillBee.ai

Kansas just committed $2.8 billion in public bonds to help a billionaire family build a football stadium. The same state...
04/01/2026

Kansas just committed $2.8 billion in public bonds to help a billionaire family build a football stadium. The same state whose fiscal cushion runs out by 2030. The bill never got a standalone floor debate. It passed through a conference committee gut-and-go.

03/28/2026

Kansas just committed $2.8 billion in public bonds to bring the Chiefs across the state line. No voter approval required. The Chiefs get a seat on the board that oversees the Chiefs. Contracts on a $3 billion project don’t have to go to competitive bid. And the law that created all of this overrides every conflicting state and local law — with no expiration date.
Meanwhile, Kansas is running a $475 million annual structural deficit and its fiscal cushion runs out by 2030.
We’re Chiefs fans. We’re also telling you the truth.
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