Tammy Allen’s front porch overlooks the trash-scattered hills of the Galena Landfill, built on an area once called Hell’s Half Acre. In the past three years, Allen’s house randomly began to fill with a mix of odors that she believes cause her headaches, nausea and vomiting.
The Kansas Department of Revenue — the state agency that oversees driver’s licenses — sent out letters invalidating some, but not all, transgender Kansans’ licenses following the passage of Senate Bill 244.
The advocacy organization Kansas Appleseed sounded an alarm about a report indicating 10,300 children in low-income families across the state stopped receiving food aid since President Donald Trump signed sweeping federal legislation nearly one year ago.
This week, Kansas Republicans joined Democratic lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 20, which supporters say will drive down the price of prescription drugs in the state.
The Kansas House of Representatives recently approved a bill that regulates for-profit veteran consulting companies but still allows them to continue charging veterans for the free services that are guaranteed to them by law.
Last month, the Republican-controlled Kansas state legislature pushed through a new anti-transgender law that is expected to threaten the voting rights of the state’s trans population.
