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Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed two major Republican proposals for rolling back transgender rights

Policy opposed by Democrats, who say it will ‘incite fear and hatred’, applies to school teams that receive public funding

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed anti-abortion legislation in Kansas

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered during certain kinds of abortion procedures

Kansas lawmakers approved a bill on April 6 prohibiting ESG considerations in public pension investments. Some measures that were proposed, like certain restrictions on private ESG investing and on public investments in foreign companies, did not make it into the final bill. The bill was sent to the governor for…

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The passage of the anti-trans bill into law “breaks my heart,” said Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature approved a third bill regulating the lives of transgender Kansans on Friday, this time banning hormone therapy and gender transition surgery for minors.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas lawmakers approved a policy early Friday morning requiring abortion providers and pharmacists to inform patients of an unproven treatment to “reverse” mifepristone, the first drug used in a medication abortion.

Republican legislators in Kansas have approved a proposal to end gender-affirming care for transgender youth

A proposal designed to thwart environmentally and socially conscious investing has cleared the Kansas Legislature but divisions within its GOP majorities kept the measure from being a strong as some conservatives wanted