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Kansas House Republicans renew effort to ban gender-affirming care for minors
As promised, Kansas Republicans are trying again to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths after last year's bill was vetoed.
Kansas Republicans revive gender-affirming care ban for trans youth
Two hearings on Jan. 28, 2025, on identical bills attempting to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths drew large crowds and more than 400 pieces of written testimony. (Grace Hills/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Identical bills in the Kansas House and Senate are attempting to ban gender-affirming care for minors in a renewed effort from Republicans to clamp down on
Kansas Senate easily adopts bill blocking gender-affirming health care for minors
Kansas Senate passes bill to ban gender-affirming health care for minors, but critics say politicians are inserting themselves in family medical decisions.
Kansas lawmakers kick off hearings on gender-affirming care ban
Kansas Republicans are renewing their push to ban gender-affirming care for minors, and plan to vote on moving it to the floor one day after hearings.
Potential ban on gender-affirming care in Kansas sparked debate at latest hearing
Lawmakers in Kansas continue to discuss a potential ban on gender-affirming care for Kansans under 18, also know as the “Help Not Harm Act.”
Kansas bill would ban gender-affirming care for children
Some Kansas lawmakers think they have the votes this year to ban gender-affirming care for young people. They have introduced Senate Bill 63, called the Help, Not Harm Act. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order against gender-affirming care,
Transgender Kansans urge lawmakers to reject bill banning gender-affirming care for youth
In packed hearings Tuesday at the Kansas Statehouse, lawmakers heard testimony on legislation that would bar doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and other gender-affirming medical care to transgender minors.
With bigger supermajorities, will Kansas Republicans go 'too far to the right'?
Voters gave Republicans bigger supermajorities in the Kansas Legislature. Can they resist the urge to go further to the right ...
Calmly competent Republican recovers millions for Kansas insurance consumers | Opinion
The department recovered $11.8 million for Kansas insurance consumers in 2024, according to figures released Friday. Johnson ...
Kansas Gov. Kelly opens door to property tax cuts amid GOP pressure. But she’s reluctant
The Democratic governor’s overture to GOP lawmakers came as Kelly insisted she wouldn’t support any proposal that “robs our schools” of needed funds. Kansas must “stay on the path to prosperity” as it ...
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s sober speech runs into buzzsaw of obstruction from GOP leaders
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has hit the home stretch of her second term. She will give only one more State of the State speech after this one, and Wednesday evening found her in a contemplative frame of ...
Kansas unveils a mural honoring ‘rebel women’ who campaigned for voting rights
Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades before the 1920 ...
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Missouri, Kansas GOP officials prepare to help Trump with illegal immigration clampdown
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed two executive orders aimed at combating illegal immigration as part of his official act in office.
Fear and loathing in the Kansas Statehouse: Explaining the GOP’s new press restrictions
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins has repeatedly lied about the news media. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that after he ...
GOP-led states are emboldened to keep rolling back trans rights. Democrats struggle with a response
Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender ...
Kansas GOP leaders unite to smother Topeka news. What William Allen White would think | Opinion
Journalists have had access to the House floor for more than a century — until now. Politicians’ contempt for the media is ...
Republicans boast record-high favorability rating, poll finds. What about Democrats?
Just 31% of respondents said they have a favorable view of the party, while a strong majority, 57%, expressed an unfavorable opinion — marking the highest such rating since 2008. The findings also ...