Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector opinion editor
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Tills the soil for takes @KansasReflector.com. Once called "more calming and grounding than a bottle of Xanax." Husband of Max, father of 13 year old.
I’m thankful for all the earth-shaking decisions that Kansans will get to make next year: our governor, D.C. delegation, state Legislature and method of selecting state Supreme Court justices. I’m sure that will all go well and there’s absolutely nothing to be concerned about! #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Searching for morsels of gratitude this Thanksgiving as Kansas careens off the rails #ksleg
Searching for morsels of gratitude this Thanksgiving as Kansas careens off the rails • Kansas Reflector
Thanksgiving of course lives in our hearts and minds as a meaningful holiday, not just an excuse for four days away from work.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m thankful for all the earth-shaking decisions that Kansans will get to make next year: our governor, D.C. delegation, state Legislature and method of selecting state Supreme Court justices. I’m sure that will all go well and there’s absolutely nothing to be concerned about! #ksleg
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Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools • Kansas Reflector
Kansas officials are working with a $10 million appropriation to launch a school-safety program relying on AI technology to identify people carrying firearms.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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U.S. senator from Kansas urges U.S. to resist acceding to Putin in Russia-Ukraine negotiations | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
U.S. senator from Kansas urges U.S. to resist acceding to Putin in Russia-Ukraine negotiations • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, renews call for firm, fair negotiations to bring an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
U.S. senator from Kansas urges U.S. to resist acceding to Putin in Russia-Ukraine negotiations | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Kansas autism researchers concerned about misinformation on federal website | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas autism researchers concerned about misinformation on federal website • Kansas Reflector
A new page on a federal website that provides inaccurate information about vaccines and autism is concerning to some Kansans.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kansas autism researchers concerned about misinformation on federal website | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Tariffs trickle into cost of Thanksgiving dinner, jilting consumers and farmers | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Tariffs trickle into cost of Thanksgiving dinner, jilting consumers and farmers • Kansas Reflector
Collin Tuthill, president of one of the country’s largest canned and frozen food importers and distributors, said the current state of the U.S. food industry is “like we live in some kind of alternate...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tariffs trickle into cost of Thanksgiving dinner, jilting consumers and farmers | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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Opinion from H. Edward Flentje: Kansas State University a hotbed of ‘wokeness’? Horsefeathers! #ksleg
Kansas State University a hotbed of ‘wokeness’? Horsefeathers! • Kansas Reflector
Trump has primarily targeted elite private universities in his attacks on higher education, but Kansas state universities may not escape collateral damage.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Opinion from H. Edward Flentje: Kansas State University a hotbed of ‘wokeness’? Horsefeathers! #ksleg
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Kansas governor’s holiday tradition comes with a push for water solutions | #ksleg via @gracefromkansas.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/k...
Kansas governor’s holiday tradition comes with a push for water solutions • Kansas Reflector
The best gift Statehouse Republicans could give Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly this holiday season is collaboration to resolve Kansas’ water issues, she said Tuesday at the annual Christmas tree donation...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Kansas governor’s holiday tradition comes with a push for water solutions | #ksleg via @gracefromkansas.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/k...
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Kansas Democratic candidates for governor shaping 2026 campaigns to entice rural voters | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/k...
Kansas Democratic candidates for governor shaping 2026 campaigns to entice rural voters • Kansas Reflector
Two senators from the Kansas City suburbs have announced campaigns for the Democratic nomination for governor, but in running against Republicans must prove they can connect with voters in rural and w...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Kansas Democratic candidates for governor shaping 2026 campaigns to entice rural voters | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/k...
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Former Kansas foster care leader asks to delay guilty plea; judge orders jury trial | #ksleg via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/f...
Former Kansas foster care leader asks to delay guilty plea; judge orders jury trial • Kansas Reflector
U.S. District Judge Toby Crouse on Tuesday admonished the former leader of a Kansas foster care charity for dragging his feet on plans to enter a guilty plea.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Former Kansas foster care leader asks to delay guilty plea; judge orders jury trial | #ksleg via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/f...
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Kansas Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate sharpen attack on GOP incumbent Roger Marshall | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/k...
Kansas Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate sharpen attack on GOP incumbent Roger Marshall • Kansas Reflector
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Christy Davis, Sandy Spidel Neumann and Anne Parelkar blamed Kansas GOP incumbent Roger Marshall for cost-of-living increases and raised populist demands for affordab...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Kansas Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate sharpen attack on GOP incumbent Roger Marshall | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/k...
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Opinion by Tara Wallace: Telehealth services provide a lifeline in Kansas and Missouri. Policy changes put them in upheaval. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/t...
Telehealth services provide a lifeline in Kansas and Missouri. Policy changes put them in upheaval. • Kansas Reflector
If you practice social work in Kansas or Missouri, you already know that access to care is more than a clinical question. It is a social justice question.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Opinion by Tara Wallace: Telehealth services provide a lifeline in Kansas and Missouri. Policy changes put them in upheaval. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/t...
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U.S. Senate passes Kansas lawmaker’s bill to correct grave markers of Jewish-American veterans | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/u...
U.S. Senate passes Kansas lawmaker's bill to correct grave markers of Jewish-American veterans • Kansas Reflector
The U.S. Senate passed a bill to identify Jewish-American servicemembers interred in cemeteries overseas with markers that didn't properly indicate religious heritage.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
U.S. Senate passes Kansas lawmaker’s bill to correct grave markers of Jewish-American veterans | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/u...
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USDA prepares to reveal relief plan that could help Kansas farmers facing uncertainty | #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/u...
USDA prepares to reveal relief plan that could help Kansas farmers facing uncertainty • Kansas Reflector
The head of the USDA said the agency would roll out a relief plan for the country’s agriculture sector in December.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
USDA prepares to reveal relief plan that could help Kansas farmers facing uncertainty | #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/u...
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Kansas child care providers navigate streamlined services, looser regulations under new bill | #ksleg via Maya Smith kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/k...
Kansas child care providers navigate streamlined services, looser regulations under new bill • Kansas Reflector
With the creation of a new child care law, advocates are now grappling with a system that will streamline departments into the Office of Early Childhood while also loosening regulations for child care...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Kansas child care providers navigate streamlined services, looser regulations under new bill | #ksleg via Maya Smith kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/k...
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Opinion by Mark McCormick: Should a mother know who killed her child? Topeka police say no. | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/s...
Should a mother know who killed her child? Topeka police say no. • Kansas Reflector
The video of a Topeka police officer killing Dylan Walstrom revisits alarming variants between official accounts of police shootings and video evidence.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Opinion by Mark McCormick: Should a mother know who killed her child? Topeka police say no. | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/24/s...
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Death penalty skeptics in Kansas seize ‘pro-life,’ high cost, wrongful conviction arguments | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/23/d...
Death penalty skeptics in Kansas seize 'pro-life,' high cost, wrongful conviction arguments • Kansas Reflector
Panelists at a forum organized by the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty say the death penalty is inconsistent with "pro-life" ideals.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Death penalty skeptics in Kansas seize ‘pro-life,’ high cost, wrongful conviction arguments | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/23/d...
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Opinion by Max McCoy: In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/23/i...
In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. • Kansas Reflector
When the Saturday Evening Post published an offensive antisemitic article in 1942, the furor threatened to sink the magazine. The Post's editor and much of the staff were sacked and a young former Kan...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Opinion by Max McCoy: In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/23/i...
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Newest addition to Kansas Supreme Court promises to be the justice all Kansans deserve | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/n...
Newest addition to Kansas Supreme Court promises to be the justice all Kansans deserve • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Larkin Walsh is not in her seat because of a predetermined plan or politics. She is there because of people, she said in her first moments after being formally sworn in as...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Newest addition to Kansas Supreme Court promises to be the justice all Kansans deserve | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/n...
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U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids encourages House vote on extending tax credit for health insurance | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/u...
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids encourages House vote on extending tax credit for health insurance • Kansas Reflector
Rep. Sharice Davids wants House vote on ACA tax break. Sen. Jerry Moran is eager to shield FAA from shutdowns. Rep. Ron Estes strives for CBO transparency.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids encourages House vote on extending tax credit for health insurance | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Sierra Club sues federal agency over decision to fast-track new power projects | #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/s...
Sierra Club sues federal agency over decision to fast-track new power projects • Kansas Reflector
An environmental organization is challenging a federal decision that allows the Southwest Power Pool to fast-track new utility generation.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Sierra Club sues federal agency over decision to fast-track new power projects | #ksleg via @crazeywriter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/s...
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Opinion by @ericthomasphoto.bsky.social: Conventional politics return to national stage, with downstream effects on Kansas politics | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/c...
Conventional politics return to national stage, with downstream effects on Kansas politics • Kansas Reflector
Lately, a weird thing has been happening in national political discussions. Things have gotten down-right conventional. The hum-drum of Washington seems to have returned.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Opinion by @ericthomasphoto.bsky.social: Conventional politics return to national stage, with downstream effects on Kansas politics | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/21/c...
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Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews | #ksleg #ksed via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/k...
Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Board of Regents is working toward new post-tenure and workload policies setting new scholarly benchmarks for public university professors.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews | #ksleg #ksed via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/k...
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Kansas, Missouri GOP officials agree to share voter registration details of 6 million people | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/k...
Kansas, Missouri GOP officials agree to share voter registration details of 6 million people • Kansas Reflector
Voter registration information on 6 million Kansas or Missouri residents will be exchanged by GOP officials in pursuit of people registered in both states.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Kansas, Missouri GOP officials agree to share voter registration details of 6 million people | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/k...
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Kansas federal attorneys went 5 months without pay, sparking constitutional crisis | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/k...
Kansas federal attorneys went 5 months without pay, sparking constitutional crisis • Kansas Reflector
For nearly 20 weeks, certain lawyers, paralegals, psychologists, interpreters, court reporters and investigators were not paid.Federal funding for a group of criminal justice professionals expired in ...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Kansas federal attorneys went 5 months without pay, sparking constitutional crisis | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/k...
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Opinion by Huascar Medina: Penny pinching: Ramifications of coin’s demise extend beyond nostalgia | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/p...
Penny pinching: Ramifications of coin’s demise extend beyond nostalgia • Kansas Reflector
Pining for pennies isn't just nostalgic. The cost-saving move also feels like state-sponsored greedflation.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Opinion by Huascar Medina: Penny pinching: Ramifications of coin’s demise extend beyond nostalgia | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/p...