"The pandemic is over": Republicans set sights on ending lingering COVID policies A GOP majority would demand U.S. policy reflects Biden's declaration that the pandemic is "over." Axios · Nov 7, 2022
Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates Election watchdogs say Koch’s about face after pledging change following January 6 is disturbing given the threats to democracy The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2022
Kansas teen’s fentanyl death spurs bill to hold social media accountable KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The death last year of a Johnson County, Kansas, teenager poisoned by fentanyl has led to a congressional effort to make social media companies report illegal drug activity on their platforms. Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022
Kobach is back on the November ballot. Does that give Kansas Democrats an opportunity? Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach – the Trumpy, hard-right Republican once held in contempt of court – is back on the November general election ballot for the first time in four years. Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022
Editorial: Sen. Roger Marshall compares the FBI to Nazi police. What ever happened to ‘Back the blue’? A year ago, Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas seemed pretty clear: An uptick in national crime rates was the Democrats’ fault. Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022
Missouri AG Schmitt says he’ll take a ‘wrecking ball’ to DOJ as Republicans react to Trump raid Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri, decried an FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, calling it an “unprecedented weaponization” of the Department of Justice against one of President Joe Biden’s political opponents. Tribune News Service · Aug 9, 2022
What the national analysis of Kansas left out - Roll Call The defeat of an anti-abortion referendum was a surprise, but Democrats have found Kansas opportunities since a GOP civil war in 1990s. Roll Call · Aug 8, 2022
‘An unmistakable message.’ Kansas’ vote for abortion rights sends ripples nationwide Kansas’ strong vote in favor of abortion rights – coming in a state long dominated by Republicans – has Democrats and abortion rights supporters ready to go on the offensive in the November election, encouraged by an unexpectedly commanding victory. Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022
Kris Kobach narrowly wins Kansas GOP primary for attorney general in political comeback Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for state attorney general, promising to weaponize the office against the Biden administration. Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022
Kansas Gov. Kelly ‘oughta change the lock on her office door,’ man tells GOP candidate for lieutenant governor at campaign event KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A video from a campaign event this week showed Katie Sawyer, a Republican candidate for Kansas lieutenant governor, laughing after a man suggested that Gov. Laura Kelly should “change the lock on her office door” during a discussion about transgender athletes. Tribune News Service · Jul 9, 2022
Anthony Fauci says he didn’t call Roger Marshall a ‘moron’— at least not directly WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci said he didn’t call Sen. Roger Marshall a “moron” during a January congressional hearing — at least not directly. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 29, 2022
‘Shoot cans and stuff’: GOP senators with gun control in their hands reveal whether they own or have shot an AR-15 The Independent contacted multiple Republican senators to ask whether they own or have shot an AR-15. Here’s what they told Eric Garcia The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2022
TV board dismisses Marshall’s request to allow parents to shield kids from LGBTQ characters The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board dismissed a request from Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, asking them to update their ratings system so parents could shield their kids from LGBTQ characters. Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022
Republicans plot isolationist surge A wide range of conservative groups wants to curb American support for Ukraine, the Middle East and Europe. Axios · May 23, 2022
Axios · May 23, 2022 Republicans plot foreign intervention pullback A wide range of conservative groups wants to curb American support for Ukraine, the Middle East and Europe.
Tribune News Service · May 13, 2022 Editorial: Can a cartoon character turn you LGBTQ? Kansas’ Sen. Roger Marshall seems to think so It’s becoming clearer by the day that the Republican Party is betting that animus toward LGBTQ Americans is a big winner this election year. Now Kansas’ junior senator is taking his culture war fight to Hollywood — and making it about kids.
Roll Call · Apr 12, 2022 Biden scores points in Midwest with ethanol announcement - Roll Call Corn-state lawmakers cheered the administration’s decision to allow year-round sale of gasoline with up to 15 percent ethanol content.
McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 27, 2022 Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall pushes for an end to testing, tracking most COVID-19 cases WASHINGTON — Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall on Tuesday called for less COVID-19 testing and an end to tracking COVID-19 cases that don’t result in hospitalizations or deaths, as part of an effort to “learn to live” with a virus that has disrupted the country for two years.