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Proposal for 2024 presidential primary in Kansas draws bipartisan support in Senate

Friday, March 31

By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA, Kan. — The votes were cast and a bipartisan majority of the Kansas Senate supported spending more than $4 million to host in March 2024 the state’s first simultaneous Republican and Democratic presidential primary in more than 40 years.The... Read More.

Kansas Senate Advances Bill Making It Easier to Get Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Requirements

Friday, March 31

TOPEKA, Kan. (KNS) - The Kansas Senate has approved a bill making it easier to get a religious exemption from vaccine requirements. The bill makes it harder for childcare facilities, schools and employers to require vaccinations because it would be easier to get an... Read More.

Kansas Senate Approves Adoption Tax Credit

Wednesday, March 29

TOPEKA, Kan. (KNS) - The Kansas Senate has given initial approval to a bill increasing state tax credits for adoption. Under the measure, those who adopt children would get almost $15,000 per child.The Senate also made the tax credit refundable. That means parents eligible... Read More.

Kansas Senate Approves Elimination of Taxes on IRA Income

Monday, February 27

TOPEKA, Kan. (KNS) — The Kansas Senate has approved a bill eliminating state taxes on all income from retirement accounts, like Social Security and 401K accounts. The measure is now headed to the House for consideration.The change is estimated to add $260 million in... Read More.

Kansas Senate Supports Elimination of State, Local Food Sales Tax

Sunday, February 26

By Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Senate voted to remove all state and local sales taxes on food next year, in a last-minute reversal of an earlier proposal to curtail sales tax reductions for unhealthy food.Senators voted to eliminate... Read More.

Kansas Senate Votes to Block Abortion Medication Prescriptions via Telemedicine

Friday, February 24

By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Senate voted Thursday to prohibit use of telemedicine services to prescribe medications for inducing abortions and to forbid watering down the mandate during any disaster emergency declared by the state’s governor.The bill, which passed with... Read More.