A week of counting ballots suggests Kansas voters narrowly rejected an amendment to the state constitution that would have shifted regulatory clout from the governor to the Legislature. It would have given the Legislature more…

November’s ballot question 1, another constitutional amendment, appears harmless on first reading. A closer look, however, reveals it to be a dangerous overreach by the Kansas Legislature. The amendment’s goal, a “legislative veto,” violates democratic…

Kansans will soon vote on Constitutional Amendment 1 (also called HCR 5014), which creates a “legislative veto.” At stake is an important but dull topic to most — checks and balances. Civics 101 time. Legislatures…

Hey Kansans: It’s time to vote no again — at least if you care about democracy in the state. When you go to the polls in November, you’ll be asked to vote on two more…

Thomas Jefferson once wrote critically of those who “look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.” While he firmly opposed “frequent and untried…

TOPEKA — A patient in mental health crisis undergoing treatment at the overcrowded Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph in Wichita brutally attacked a nurse checking his vital signs. “He comes off the bed and grabs…

I write, as a retired teacher, to dispute U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner’s proclaimed need for a parents’ bill of rights from his weekly email update earlier this summer. In fact, they are not even his…

Tust me, I’m from the government. Who would have thought conservatives would rally around that statement, but it appears many are. Conservatives who are urging passage of an amendment to remove the right to an…

Earlier this year Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law sports betting legislation that went fully into effect July 1.  This comes in the wake of sports betting becoming one of the largest revenue-driven industries in…

Everywhere we turn there are signs of the upcoming August 2 constitutional amendment and primary elections, and soon enough they’ll be replaced with reminders of the November 8 general election.  For a political scientist like…