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Chair’s Message The Kansas legislature temporarily gaveled out on March 27th, giving us a brief respite until the body returns for the veto session on April 9th. Between those two dates, Governor Kelly will decide which bills to sign, veto, or let become law without her signature. This is our last opportunity as constituents to speak with legislators and sway their final votes. Below is a list of bills the Governor may veto, but has yet to do so as of this writing. Please con

Hello, Riley County Democrats, This is an urgent message about what’s been happening in the Kansas Legislature. This coming week, February 16-20, is turnaround week–the midpoint in the session when bills that haven’t made it out of their original chamber must be voted on, and if passed, sent to the other chamber for consideration in the second half of the session. Legislators will spend much of their time in their respective chambers debating, amending, and voting on bi

On January 26th, Senator Brad Starnes introduced SB 381, and it has been referred to the Senate Committee on Education. If you’d like to submit testimony in opposition to this bill, here are some helpful resources and information: read on... SB 381 would mandate instruction that specifically targets communist and socialist ideologies and add a new civics test as a graduation requirement, injecting politics into the classroom and creating an unnecessary barrier for studen