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In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations | via @minnesotareformer.com #ksleg
In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations • Kansas Reflector
Twin Cities residents have come together over the past year to protest ICE and divert the agents from their mission, often resulting in tense confrontations.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations | via @minnesotareformer.com #ksleg
Kobach opens up funding for AI gun detection software in Kansas public schools | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Kobach opens up funding for AI gun detection software in Kansas public schools • Kansas Reflector
Kansas schools that opt to use a gun detection software program supported by the attorney general could receive a cut of $10 million from the state.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Kobach opens up funding for AI gun detection software in Kansas public schools | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Opinion from Martin Mack Teasley: The Kennedy Center now includes Trump’s name. What if it paid tribute to Eisenhower instead? #ksleg
The Kennedy Center now includes Trump’s name. What if it paid tribute to Eisenhower instead? • Kansas Reflector
I make a strong case for renaming this cultural center on the banks of the Potomac as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Center for the Performing Arts
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January 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Opinion from Martin Mack Teasley: The Kennedy Center now includes Trump’s name. What if it paid tribute to Eisenhower instead? #ksleg
Democrats clash with Noem over new limits on oversight visits to immigration facilities | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg
Democrats clash with Noem over new limits on oversight visits to immigration facilities • Kansas Reflector
A dozen Democratic members of Congress Monday asked a federal judge for an emergency hearing, arguing the Department of Homeland Security violated a court order when Minnesota lawmakers were denied ac...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Democrats clash with Noem over new limits on oversight visits to immigration facilities | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas Legislature jolts to life with newcomers and generation of new policy agendas | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social , @anna-writes.bsky.social and @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas Legislature jolts to life with newcomers and generation of new policy agendas • Kansas Reflector
The 2026 session of the Kansas Legislature opens with the complex and routine, including nuances of policy agendas and figuring out statehouse seating charts.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Kansas Legislature jolts to life with newcomers and generation of new policy agendas | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social , @anna-writes.bsky.social and @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
Sports stadium deals hand even more taxpayer money to billionaires | via Kevin Hardy #ksleg
Sports stadium deals hand even more taxpayer money to billionaires • Kansas Reflector
Two recent stadium deals have set separate records for taxpayer giveaways to sports teams. They serve as further evidence that public officials are uninterested in curbing subsidies for billionaire te...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Sports stadium deals hand even more taxpayer money to billionaires | via Kevin Hardy #ksleg
US Senate Republicans defend independence of the Fed after DOJ launches Powell probe | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg
US Senate Republicans defend independence of the Fed after DOJ launches Powell probe • Kansas Reflector
President Donald Trump’s feud with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has escalated into a Department of Justice investigation, raising alarm bells among some Republicans in the Senate
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January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
US Senate Republicans defend independence of the Fed after DOJ launches Powell probe | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas bird flu outbreak is worst in nation | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas bird flu outbreak is worst in nation • Kansas Reflector
Kansas is suffering from the worst outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the country, with nearly 414,000 birds affected.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Kansas bird flu outbreak is worst in nation | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas lawmakers alter rules to send taxpayer-funded mail after session ends in election years | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas lawmakers alter rules to send taxpayer-funded mail after session ends in election years • Kansas Reflector
A bipartisan panel of legislative leaders voted to rewrite policy and allow lawmakers to send taxpayer-funded newsletters after the session is over during an election year.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Kansas lawmakers alter rules to send taxpayer-funded mail after session ends in election years | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas Legislature launches 2026 session with Democrat Laura Kelly in final year as governor | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas Legislature launches 2026 session with Democrat Laura Kelly in final year as governor • Kansas Reflector
The Kansas Legislature opens the 2026 session Monday afternoon, and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly will deliver her final State of the State speech Tuesday night.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Kansas Legislature launches 2026 session with Democrat Laura Kelly in final year as governor | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: The knucklehead agenda: GOP leaders engineer pillaging of Kansas universities #ksleg
The knucklehead agenda: GOP leaders engineer pillaging of Kansas universities • Kansas Reflector
Kansas legislative leaders looked at the smoldering crater of ESU and decided: We want that for all Kansas schools.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: The knucklehead agenda: GOP leaders engineer pillaging of Kansas universities #ksleg
Plastic pellets known as ‘nurdles’ are polluting beaches and waterways | via David Montgomery #ksleg
Plastic pellets known as ‘nurdles’ are polluting beaches and waterways • Kansas Reflector
“Nurdles”— tiny plastic pellets that are the basic building blocks of nearly all plastic products — are polluting beaches and waterways around the country.
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January 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Plastic pellets known as ‘nurdles’ are polluting beaches and waterways | via David Montgomery #ksleg
Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after shooting | via @minnesotareformer.com #ksleg
Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after shooting • Kansas Reflector
Thousands peacefully protested in Minneapolis Saturday against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown following the shooting and killing of a woman by an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce...
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January 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after shooting | via @minnesotareformer.com #ksleg
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: ICE agents shouldn’t troll courtrooms. A Kansas judge was right to object. #ksleg
ICE agents shouldn’t troll courtrooms. A Kansas judge was right to object. • Kansas Reflector
What happened after a judge expressed displeasure with ICE agents in her municipal courtroom was yet another sign democracy is fraying.
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January 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: ICE agents shouldn’t troll courtrooms. A Kansas judge was right to object. #ksleg
Hundreds of Oregonians in Portland, Salem protest ICE, military action in Venezuela | via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com #ksleg
Hundreds of Oregonians in Portland, Salem protest ICE, military action in Venezuela • Kansas Reflector
Groups quickly organized Saturday protests following federal officers killing a woman in Minneapolis, shooting two immigrants in Portland.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Hundreds of Oregonians in Portland, Salem protest ICE, military action in Venezuela | via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com #ksleg
In show of solidarity after Minneapolis shooting, hundreds rally against ICE in Maine | via @mainemorningstar.com #ksleg
In show of solidarity after Minneapolis shooting, hundreds rally against ICE in Maine • Kansas Reflector
Expressing fear and resolve in the face of a heightened federal crackdown, several hundred people gathered in Portland’s Monument Square on Saturday as part of a national wave of demonstrations follow...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:40 AM
In show of solidarity after Minneapolis shooting, hundreds rally against ICE in Maine | via @mainemorningstar.com #ksleg
‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months | via Amanda Watford #ksleg
'Teaching us how to grow with our babies': How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months • Kansas Reflector
Prison nursery programs allow babies to live behind walls with their mothers — a rare and controversial approach that forces states to confront how punishment, public safety and early childhood develo...
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January 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months | via Amanda Watford #ksleg
Opinion from Ben Jones: ICE killing of driver involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself #ksleg
ICE killing of driver involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself • Kansas Reflector
The ICE policy on shooting at moving vehicles — unlike that of many police agencies — lacks a clear instruction for officers to get out of the way of moving vehicles where feasible.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Opinion from Ben Jones: ICE killing of driver involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself #ksleg
Kansas wild turkeys, plagued by years of population decline, subject of conservation funding | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas wild turkeys, plagued by years of population decline, subject of conservation funding • Kansas Reflector
The consistent, dramatic decline in Kansas’ wild turkey population prompted the state in 2023 to forbid hunting them in the fall.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Kansas wild turkeys, plagued by years of population decline, subject of conservation funding | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Landmark cases on transgender athletes at the US Supreme Court put trans rights on the line | via Shauneen Miranda #ksleg
Landmark cases on transgender athletes at the US Supreme Court put trans rights on the line • Kansas Reflector
A pair of blockbuster cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court could carry far-reaching implications for transgender rights, even as the Trump administration during the past year has rolled out a b...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Landmark cases on transgender athletes at the US Supreme Court put trans rights on the line | via Shauneen Miranda #ksleg
Thune, GOP senators at the border tout big hiring boost for immigration crackdown | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg
Thune, GOP senators at the border tout big hiring boost for immigration crackdown • Kansas Reflector
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, joined at the U.S.-Mexico border by other GOP senators, highlighted billions for immigration enforcement.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Thune, GOP senators at the border tout big hiring boost for immigration crackdown | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg
Latest Kansas campaign finance reports: Candidates for governor get $1.3M, $900K | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Latest Kansas campaign finance reports: Candidates for governor get $1.3M, $900K • Kansas Reflector
GOP governor candidate Scott Schwab attracted $1.3 million in donations in 2025, while Democratic candidate Ethan Corson took in $900,000 in that period.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Latest Kansas campaign finance reports: Candidates for governor get $1.3M, $900K | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Opinion from @ericthomasphoto.bsky.social: One slot on my Kansas comedy Mount Rushmore? KU grad and Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser #ksleg
One slot on my Kansas comedy Mount Rushmore? KU grad and Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser • Kansas Reflector
While Nikki Glaser grew up and now lives in the St. Louis area, she transferred to KU after visiting during a Final Four basketball weekend.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Opinion from @ericthomasphoto.bsky.social: One slot on my Kansas comedy Mount Rushmore? KU grad and Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser #ksleg
Federal agents shoot two people in Portland, police say | via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com #ksleg
Federal agents shoot two people in Portland, police say • Kansas Reflector
Federal agents shot and injured two people in east Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Federal agents shoot two people in Portland, police say | via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com #ksleg
US House backs extension of health insurance subsidies after Dems force vote | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg
US House backs extension of health insurance subsidies after Dems force vote • Kansas Reflector
The U.S. House approved a bipartisan bill Thursday to resurrect the enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of last year for people who purchase their health insurance from the Affordable Care Ac...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:33 AM
US House backs extension of health insurance subsidies after Dems force vote | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg