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Kansas plan keeping low wages for disabled angers advocates
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — Kansas legislators are considering a proposal that many disability rights advocates say would encourage employers to keep paying disabled workers...
Kansas abortion vote: Why recount with such a large margin?
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — Kansas on Tuesday began a partial hand recount of this month’s decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights, a...
Kansas abortion vote shows limits of GOP’s strength
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — An increase in turnout among Democrats and independents and a notable shift in Republican-leaning counties contributed to the overwhelming support...
Kansas voters protect abortion rights, block path to ban
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — Kansas voters on Tuesday protected the right to get an abortion in their state, rejecting a measure that would have...
Kobach looks for comeback in Kansas after losing 2 big races
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — Kansas voters have said no to him twice over the past four years. But Kris Kobach is nonetheless betting that...
With Roe over, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the...
Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — Republicans on Wednesday improved their chances of flipping the only Kansas congressional seat held by a Democrat, when the state’s...
LGBTQ leader is key in blocking Kansas ban on trans athletes
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — As state lawmakers moved to ban transgender kids from girls’ sports, Kansas’ most visible LGBTQ-rights lobbyist recently said during an...
Including young kids likely to sink Kansas trans sports ban
TOPEKA, Kan. ((DailyNews)) — Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in keeping transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s school...