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Participants at a fundraiser for the Johnson County GOP earlier this month took turns kicking, punching and pummeling an effigy of President Biden, leading to bipartisan outrage and demands of resignations. What does the incident say about the Kansas Republican Party and its future?
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The Biden-bashing antics were part of a Kansas GOP event in Johnson County, where rocker Ted Nugent and disgraced former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline were the main attractions. Kansas GOP chairman Mike Brown, an election denier, touted the fundraiser for weeks in official GOP emails.
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Polls show a majority of Kansans want lawmakers to expand Medicaid, but Republican leaders are fundamentally opposed.
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A bill in the Kansas Legislature that would cut millions from the state’s wildlife department comes after a lawmaker threatened to defund the state agency for considering deer-baiting restrictions.
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Shelly Lamb argues in a federal lawsuit that coworkers and inmates at the Kansas Department of Corrections harassed her and the department violated her civil rights and committed sex discrimination because she is a transgender woman.
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Gov. Laura Kelly’s likely doomed push for Medicaid expansion is aimed at setting the table before this fall’s election. But Republican leaders want to focus on other ideas, like cutting taxes.
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the state will listen to residents and lawmakers opposing the new design and try again.
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A new survey finds more than two-thirds of Kansans support legalizing recreational marijuana, but Republicans in the Kansas Senate keep blocking legislation to allow cannabis for even medical uses
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That would bump most lawmakers up to $43,000 a year. Supporters say the pay increase will help regular Kansans run for office without making a financial sacrifice.
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Kansans First is a new PAC founded by bipartisan political leaders from the Kansas Legislature. Their goal is to educate voters and get more centrists elected who can better represent "the heartbeat" of the state.
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Republicans want to cap property value increases each year, while Democrats want to shift the tax burden away from residential homeowners to businesses and farms. But a tax expert argues both may be too wide-reaching
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A Republican lawmaker sparked ethics concerns after he threatened to cut at least a million dollars from the agency if it bans deer baiting. And he said another lawmaker that owns a hunting lodge would help him.