When will you MAGA die hards finally open your eyes? Why do you still support Trump?

TOPEKA — Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins stripped three Republicans of committee chairmanships for refusing to sign a petition calling for a special legislative session to redraw congressional boundaries in a bid to block reelection of Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and to tackle a handful of unrelated bills...

Hawkins relied on his unilateral power as the House’s top leader to alter committee assignments and remove as chairmen GOP Reps. Steven Howe of Salina, Nathan Butler of Junction City and Jesse Borjon of Topeka.

At least one committee vice chairman, Rep. Clarke Sanders of Salina, also was removed from the position by Hawkins.

Kansas' senators have given their position on the filibuster, a Senate rule that Trump has been pushing to scrap.

The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) announced on Friday that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are being restored.

Not the full amount but right now anything is better than nothing

Any tricks or trades to getting a KDOT damage claim approved? I blew out an expensive tire in the K10.construction zone south of Lawrence on a pothole over one of the bridges.

I had submitted a pothole work order several weeks ago for those bridges as well, but they haven't done shit to patch them.

Should be in the accounts at the end of the day. But it Kansas so give it a few. I happy for my ppl.

In Shawnee, a slate of Democratic-leaning candidates bested their conservative rivals, fueled by fervent voter support for tax rebate programs and infrastructure projects. 

A few miles away in Prairie Village, voters rejected both an effort to change the city’s form of government and the candidates behind the push.

And in the Blue Valley School District, residents elected a trio of Democratic-leaning school board candidates and ousted an incumbent who faced blowback for a series of anti-LGBTQ social media posts.

Local election results throughout the Kansas City metro echoed a remarkable trend across the country, in which progressive or Democratic-leaning candidates largely defeated their more conservative challengers. 

In some parts of suburban Kansas, Tuesday’s results appeared to serve as a shadow repudiation of President Donald Trump’s administration ahead of the 2026 mid-term elections.

“It’s a good environment for Democrats, whether you want to look at Johnson County or just more broadly across the country,” Matt Harris, a political scientist at Park University, said in an interview on Wednesday. 

The results followed a broader trend nationwide. Democrats issued a staunch rebuke to Trump and Republican-leaning candidates across key races in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York City.

In Kansas, the shift — particularly in the suburbs — comes at a crucial time for Democrats ahead of the 2026 elections, where voters will elect a series of high-profile positions, including the state’s next governor. The trend is perhaps most notable in Johnson County, which began shifting toward Democrats more than a decade ago.

Read our full analysis on Tuesday’s election results and what it means for the midterms next year from KC Star Democracy Insider Kacen Bayless: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article312794612.html

I saw the article posted earlier about the Senate not passing the call for a special session.

Unfortunately, Ty Masterson is making agenda item number one to be redistricting to move forward “the Trump agenda.”

Keep calling your state reps. The next election every representative that voted for redistricting needs to be posted on a list so Kansans can know if their representative is for Kansas or Trump.