Reproductive health care restrictions likely to repel provider workforce, research shows • Kansas Reflector Applications to medical residency programs in states with abortion restrictions have declined compared to states where abortion remained mostly legal.

Reproductive health care restrictions likely to repel provider workforce, research shows | #ksleg via Elisha Brown kansasreflector.com/2026/04/05/r...

Public monuments are the story we tell about ourselves. They shouldn’t aggrandize a living leader. • Kansas Reflector Trump’s efforts to reshape America in his white, privileged image has not been confined to an assault on truth. He started tearing stuff down.

Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: Public monuments are the story we tell about ourselves. They shouldn’t aggrandize a living leader. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/04/05/p...

Former Kansas Supreme Court justice dies • Kansas Reflector Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson died Saturday following a battle with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Former Kansas Supreme Court justice dies | #ksleg via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/briefs/forme...

Former Kansas Supreme Court justice dies • Kansas Reflector Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson died Saturday following a battle with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson died Saturday following a battle with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease #ksleg kansasreflector.com/briefs/forme...

'Their goal is to make you mad,' Roger Marshall says of Fox News, CNN Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall said cable TV news shows, including Fox News and CNN, are designed to make viewers mad, contributing to political gridlock.

Roger Marshall is a very, very regular guest on Maria Bartiromo's Fox Business show. #ksleg www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

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Republicans applaud immigrant detention — until it's in their back yards • Kansas Reflector Experts on detention say the growing burden on communities and the subsequent uproar should be no surprise to members of the GOP.

Republicans applaud immigrant detention — until it’s in their back yards | #ksleg via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/04/r...

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Trump budget seeks 43% boost in defense spending, cuts in many domestic programs • Kansas Reflector The Trump administration released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday, asking Congress to increase spending on defense programs by 43% and decrease funding for non-defense accounts by 10%.

Trump budget seeks 43% boost in defense spending, cuts in many domestic programs | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg

Looser qualifications for nursing instructors become law without Kansas governor’s signature • Kansas Reflector Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday allowed loosened academic expectations for college nursing faculty to become law.

Looser qualifications for nursing instructors become law without Kansas governor’s signature | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

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Kansas Supreme Court adheres to state law in murder case, prosecutors call result 'absurd' • Kansas Reflector The Kansas Supreme Court affirms in the appeal of a Wichita murder case its 2025 decision regarding calculation of jail-time credit in sentencing.

Kansas Supreme Court adheres to state law in murder case, prosecutors call result ‘absurd’ | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Legislative roundup: What happened during the 2026 regular session | Sunflower State Journal

The status of legislation is grouped by topic here and in alphabetical order. #ksleg
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Trump’s SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives nationwide • Kansas Reflector The SAVE America Act would effectively ban voter registration drives, a mainstay of college campuses and neighborhood events.

Trump’s SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives nationwide | via @jonshorman.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas State University economist warns of fuel, fertilizer price shock for farmers • Kansas Reflector A Kansas State University economist says escalating costs of fuel and fertilizer imperil the bottom line of Kansas farmers as U.S. wages war with Iran.

Fuel costs anticipated to be up $10K/year
Fertilizer costs projected to be up $12K/year

None of this is going to lower the cost of groceries, and it’s threatening the backbone of the KS economy: agriculture. #ksleg

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Johnson County: An indicator of elections without grace period? | Sunflower State Journal

There were three special elections held….in Johnson County…, The Edgerton election was decided by nine votes.

About 30,000 ballots were cast…. of which 1,008 were rejected for arriving after Election Day, according to the court filing. #ksleg

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Homeland Security shutdown drags on, but Trump says he’ll sign order to pay all employees • Kansas Reflector The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday that would end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, sending the same bill it passed last week to the House, which didn’t take any action d...

Homeland Security shutdown drags on, but Trump says he’ll sign order to pay all employees | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas National Guard celebrates restoration of KCK armory, hands-on education for fifth graders • Kansas Reflector Remodeling of Kansas National Guard armory in Kansas City serves to promote a STEM education program involving thousands of fifth-graders statewide.

Kansas National Guard celebrates restoration of KCK armory, hands-on education for fifth graders | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

As the legislative session winds down, we have a few more issues of Policy Watch to look forward to. In the mean time, catch up on Paul Johnson's reporting from the Capitol @ kansasruralcenter.org/policy-watch
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Trump’s voter restrictions gets a boost by Kansas state representative | Opinion State Rep. Pat Proctor backs Trump’s order and pushes measures that could restrict mail voting and ballot access in Kansas. | Opinion

My latest: Pat Proctor, lauding Trump’s elections order, is shaping up to he the next Kris Kobach. That’s not a compliment. #ksleg GIFT LINK. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Pam Bondi out as Trump’s attorney general • Kansas Reflector Attorney General Pam Bondi is leaving the Department of Justice and will be replaced for now by President Donald Trump’s former personal defense lawyer, the president announced Thursday.

Pam Bondi out as Trump’s attorney general | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg

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Just this week, a child shot two of their siblings, killing one and sending the other to the hospital in Ellsworth, KS. #ksleg

Here’s where some key education bills stand ahead of the Kansas Legislature’s veto session Kansas lawmakers are on their annual break and will return next week to vote on potentially overriding the governor's vetoes.

Here's where some key education bills stand ahead of the Kansas Legislature's veto session next week

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Kansas energy program left in limbo when Trump administration pulled grant • Kansas Reflector Grant money to help with utility bills disappeared in January, leaving a Kansas nonprofit no choice but to roll back a program.

Kansas energy program left in limbo when Trump administration pulled grant | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

“I think the attorney general is a paper tiger,” Boucher said.

He sure looks tissue thin and crumpled from this distance. #ksleg

Trans activist flouted bathroom law at Kansas Statehouse. She proved ideologues weak and cowardly. • Kansas Reflector Rarely has civil disobedience so efficiently exposed the cruelty of a law than Samantha Boucher’s use of a restroom at the Kansas Statehouse.

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Trans activist flouted bathroom law at Kansas Statehouse. She proved ideologues weak and cowardly. #ksleg