Kansas Reflector Podcast

The 2022 election cycle for the Kansas House is unique in the sense that 55 of the 125 seats are already decided. That is because only one candidate filed to run for election to the state Legislature ...

4 Jul 202240min

You may have noticed two new names making regular appearances on Kansas Reflector story bylines recently — Margaret Mellott and Lily O'Shea Becker. They joined Kansas Reflector this summer as interns ...

27 Jun 202226min

Health care is often a difficult system to navigate, with concerns of costs, access or finding the right fit to address your intimate needs. The challenges are amplified for uninsured patients or thos...

20 Jun 202236min

The U.S. Senate Republican and Democratic primaries are less than two months away and the eight candidates in the running must bear down to lock away votes in those competitive primaries. The incumben...

13 Jun 202235min

Kansas voters head to the polls Aug. 2 to nominate Republicans and Democrats for all sorts of political offices in preparation for the November general election. The campaign ads have already started ...

6 Jun 202226min

Kids can make the most hardened person smile. In the Statehouse in Topeka, there is a lot of debate about policy and funding aimed at Kansas children. Influencers in this process include Kansas Acti...

30 Mai 202222min

Scott Schwab has served as the Kansas Secretary of State since 2019. Before election to be the state's top elections official, the Republican served in the Kansas house for 15 years, representing part...

23 Mai 202233min

Parts of western Kansas have just a decade or two of water left. One city's drinking water was contaminated with uranium. For years the state hasn't been paying its bills to the federal government to ...

16 Mai 202228min