Scarcely a week goes by without us receiving a message from a reader unable to share one of our stories or an advocate whose online presence has been somehow targeted. The latest example was the suspension of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas Countyās page on Facebook. #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Facebook throttles local League of Women Voters with an election coming up. Kansans, stay vigilant. #ksleg
Facebook suspended of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County's page without giving the organization an explanation.
The fault is not that of journalists, at least not the good ones. No, the fault rests with political parties, cable news channels and social media clickbait factories that treat every day in the runup to a presidential election as THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN HISTORY. #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: As presidential election approaches, my stomach quivers. Hereās how to steady our nerves in Kansas. #ksleg
If I could take any time off from being a journalist or feeling interested in politics, it would be the October before a general election. No disrespect to those of you who find these weeks thrilling ...
In a time of widespread distrust in institutions, many have decided the pandemic was an overreaction at best and a āplandemicā at worst. Those of us who took it seriously then now watch in wonderment as tests, vaccines and treatments go unused. #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Whatever you want to believe, COVID-19 still surges through Kansas. Even worse waits in the wings. #ksleg
In a time of widespread distrust in institutions, many have decided the pandemic was an overreaction at best and a "plandemic" at worst.
Iāve been out on the road over the past couple of months, traveling on Kansas Reflector road trips, a family vacation and book research work. Iāve dripped my share of sweat. Iāve chatted with readers, fellow journalists and in-laws.
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Summer dispatches from Marysville, the windswept Kansas prairies and points beyond #ksleg
I've been out on the road over the past couple of months, traveling on Kansas Reflector road trips, a family vacation and book research work.
Once again, we see Kansas legislative leaders coveting power. They donāt want the governor to have the first say in the budgeting process, and they apparently donāt trust the rest of their colleagues. You know, all the people who drive to Topeka in January to make laws. #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Lawmakers plan brazen power grab, pushing aside Kansas voters and Gov. Laura Kelly #ksleg
Kansas Republican legislative leaders are launching a personal and political power grab against Gov. Laura Kelly
We have become desensitized to appalling behavior. Not just from former presidents, arrogant legislators and the supposedly disinterested Supreme Court. Expecting the worst doesnāt just brace you against disappointment, but accurately predicts what happens next. #ksleg
Opinion editor @ClayWires writes: Where is the outrage? Politically engaged Kansans might vent fury, but anger has limits. #ksleg
How have we managed to select a state government so openly contemptuous of the people it supposedly serves? Where is the outrage?
Yes, an overwhelming majority of Kansans turned out to reject an anti-choice state constitutional amendment. But that wouldnāt matter if Project 2025 were implemented. #ksleg
Opinion from @claywires.bsky.social: Project 2025 would pillage our rights and institutions. Kansans want to fight back. #ksleg
If you want to know what a second Trump administration would bring, thereās no better guide than Project 2025. Kansans have noticed.
Our institutions on the state and national levels have been sorely tested. The chilling harassment of the Marion County RecordĀ was certainly one of those tests. So is special prosecutorsā weak-willed response to policing local law enforcement and the KBI in their report. #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Two Kansas leaders want you to know they support free speech, despite police shredding it in Marion #ksleg
Republican Senate President Ty Masterson and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly reassure Kansans of their commitment to the First Amendment.
Kansas voters had an opportunity this past week to choose a different course. They could have removed many barriers to progress at the Statehouse. With a handful of exceptions, they chose to stay at home or vote for familiar faces. #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Kansas primary voters were smarter than megadonors expected. But too many stayed home. #ksleg
I've encouraged Kansans to participate in politics using the metaphor of a board game. If you don't play, you can't affect the outcome.
I was never under any illusions that the news media was beloved by politicians or police. But I assumed that those politicians and police officers understood the essential importance of our shared constitutional freedoms. #ksleg
Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: One year after Marion raid, Kansas officials still donāt care about constitutional freedoms #ksleg
We now know not only that Kansas officials didnāt care about the Marion raid in 2023, but they also donāt care about it in 2024.