Kansas Reflector

3 days ago | kansasreflector.com | Tim Carpenter

TOPEKA — Rep. Kristey Williams and Sen. Beverly Gossage landed on the same page Wednesday in terms of altering the state’s public education system to encourage students to address academic deficiencies by retaking a grade. “Are we doing these children a favor by just moving them through the grades?” said Gossage, a Eudora Republican serving on the Kansas Legislature’s school finance task force.

4 days ago | kansasreflector.com | Tim Carpenter

TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas congressional delegation participated in a moment of silence on the U.S. House floor to honor the memory of a couple slain in May during an apparent antisemitic attack outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.Federal lawmakers stood in tribute for Sarah Milgrim, who grew up in Prairie Village, Kansas, and her partner, Yaron Lischinsky. Both were staff members at the Israeli embassy.

4 days ago | kansasreflector.com | Madison McVan

When President Donald Trump’s performance in the polls in 2024 signaled a possible re-election, Keith Ellison and fellow Democratic attorneys general read Project 2025 and started getting ready, especially when Trump hired the key author of the planning document after his election. They divided the documents into sections and marshaled their staff lawyers to be […]

4 days ago | kansasreflector.com | Tim Carpenter

WESTMORELAND — Family and friends of the late Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness sat in a courtroom gallery Tuesday for sentencing of Dana Chandler to consecutive life sentences without an opportunity for parole for 50 years for shooting the couple to death while they slept. It was an emotional closure to a legal odyssey that began July 7, 2002, with the murder of Chandler’s ex-husband, Sisco, and his fiancee, Harkness, in Topeka.

5 days ago | kansasreflector.com | Tim Carpenter

TOPEKA — A surprise outpouring of individual income tax receipts in May drove overall Kansas revenue collections $158 million above the monthly projection. The Kansas Department of Revenue received $657 million during the month, which was 31.7% above the estimate for May. “Surpassing estimates this month is a positive indicator, but we remain diligent and focused on maintaining long-term financial health,” said Gov. Laura Kelly.