Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Legislative Coordinating Council, which assumes responsibility for legislative business when the Kansas Legislature isn’t in session, votes to end a $288,000 annual contract with Indigov, which provided software to improve lawmaker interaction with constituents. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from Kansas Legislature video) By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — The bipartisan leadership of the Kansas Legislature ordered cancellation of a contract with a company that offered...

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas talks about her Senate career, relationship with the late U.S. Sen. Bob Dole and erosion of a commitment to bipartisanship during an appearance at the Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence. (Photo buy Thad Allton for Kansas Reflector) By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, who fractured a political glass ceiling as the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate, died Friday. Kassebaum, 94, grew up in Topeka...

The leader of Kansas Equal Rights Amendment Committee, an organization opposed to abortion in Kansas, is asking the Legislature to convene in special session in 2026 to advance an amendment to the Kansas Constitution granting inalienable rights at the point of conception. This Jan. 27, 2026, image is of anti-abortion demonstrators inside the Capitol in Topeka, Kansas. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — The chairman of a Kansas anti-abortion...