Bob Beatty on the legacy of former Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson
As a politically active college student in Wichita, Mark Parkinson audaciously ran for a seat in the Kansas House at age 20. He didn't win, but he learned the value of sweating through a door-to-door ...
9 Touko 202237min
Postpartum health outcomes in Kansas
The birth of a child is a blend of anxiety and joy, but it can also give rise to a feeling of malaise in mothers that often dissipates in a couple of weeks. A longer-lasting form of this condition is ...
2 Touko 202224min
Inside the special report: Kansas Reflector editors and columnist talk TEFFI
Few in the Kansas Legislative or investment world understood what a TEFFI was when lawmakers approved a bill last year allowing the launch of a so-called technology-enabled fiduciary financial institu...
25 Huhti 202228min
Looking ahead to veto override efforts
The legislative process in Kansas is an interesting numbers game that often boils own to a the numbers 63, 21 and one. These figures represent the narrowest margin a bill can clear the House and Senat...
19 Huhti 202221min
Kansas Reflector staff delivers legislative roundup
The Kansas Legislature is in the middle of a three week break with senators and representatives having wrapped up a whirlwind regular session on Friday, April 1. What bills made it through? What bills...
11 Huhti 202234min
LGBTQ lawmakers challenge anti-trans bill
In the closing hours of the Kansas legislative session, a familiar proposal resurfaced that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school sports. After two years of debate, battle lines...
4 Huhti 202235min
U.S. Representative Sharice Davids, D-Kansas City, Kan.
There is never never a shortage of issues to talk about in Washington D.C. U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, a Democrat from Kansas City, Kansas, joins Tim Carpenter on the Reflector Podcast to discuss the...
28 Maalis 202219min
Steven Johnson campaigns for state treasurer
Rep. Steven Johnson, an Assaria Republican, talks about his campaign for the Republican nomination for state treasurer and his pitch to the state GOP convention.
21 Maalis 202223min
