A third Kansas Republican lawmaker is set to join a caucus supporting president-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann represents Kansas’ largest congressional district,

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, the new chair of the Republican Governors Association, sees Kansas as "a prime opportunity for Republicans to be on offense."

Republicans from Florida and Texas launched the House DOGE caucus Nov. 19, selecting more than 30 members. Ernst followed with a seven-member Senate caucus.

Executive director Micah Kubic told reporters the organization has a three-part strategy for Trump’s second term, including attempting to expand civil rights protections at the local level, preparing for ultra-conservative bills in the Kansas Legislature and filing strategic lawsuits to stop “extremist” policies.

Kansas Republicans U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, pictured, and U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall have joined the caucuses supporting President-elect Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency. (Tim Carpe

GOP lawmakers want to alter the way state supreme court justices are selected or elected. Some conservative causes in the states, notably abortion bans, have been undermined by court rulings.

In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the Kansas Constitution protects the right to abortion, a decision that set the state up as a beacon of abortion access as other states banned the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to terminate a pregnancy three years later.

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Incumbent Democratic state Rep. Jason Probst starred in a blunt rebuttal to conservative Republican attacks ahead of the November election. The Republican House Campaign Committee and the Kansas Chamber PAC worked overtime to present a distorted picture of Probst as a leftist advocate of higher income taxes,

Kansas voters gave Republicans bigger supermajorities in the Legislature two years after voters rejected an anti-abortion constitutional amendment.

As activists seek to curb access to books and even hold them criminally liable, librarians ask people to listen, read and engage with them.

Not only did Democratic candidates get blown out in statewide contests for governor and the U.S. Senate, the party failed to gain any ground in the Missouri General Assembly. The election showed that the party continues to falter in rural and exurban areas.