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Clay Wirestone
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Opinion Editor, Kansas Reflector
Lawrence
Beats
Aviation with primary focus on the civil helicopter industry
Money market & accounting, trading & stocks.
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By Clay Wirestone Verified| Kansas Reflector@ Senior reporters Tim Carpenter and Morgan Chilson help us decode the whirlwind of activity as Kansas legislators wrapped up their business for the year. Despite Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly rejecting a pile of bills, GOP supermajorities overrode her to force a fair number of them into law. Meanwhile, lawmakers finished up an array of other business for the year.
By Clay Wirestone Verified| Kansas Reflector@ by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector April 14, 2025 When do you call failure success? When you have a supermajority of Republicans in the Kansas Legislature. Whatever else you might have heard about the 2025 session, it was a disastrous bellyflop into a swimming pool full of curdled milk. Lawmakers wrapped up their work on Friday, leaving the state crueler, sicker, poorer and weaker. A bill mugging transgender kids made it into law. So did a bill promising tax cuts but threatening fiscal ruin.
By Clay Wirestone Verified| Kansas Reflector@ Senior reporters Tim Carpenter and Morgan Chilson help us decode the whirlwind of activity as Kansas legislators wrapped up their business for the year. Despite Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly rejecting a pile of bills, GOP supermajorities overrode her to force a fair number of them into law. Meanwhile, lawmakers finished up an array of other business for the year.
Company Info
Kansas Reflector
Kansas Reflector is a nonprofit news operation providing in-depth reporting, diverse opinions and daily coverage of state government and politics. This public service is free to readers and other news outlets. Through its opinion section, Kansas Reflector works to amplify voices of people whose lives are affected by public policies but who might typically be left out of public debate. We seek to increase Kansans' awareness of how decisions made by elected representatives and other public servants affect our day-to-day lives. We hope to empower and inspire greater participation in democracy throughout Kansas. Launched in July 2020, Kansas Reflector is an affiliate of States Newsroom, the nation's largest state-focused nonprofit news organization, supported by grants and donations. Kansas Reflector retains full editorial independence.
Topeka, Kansas, United States