The Final Countdown

The conservative supermajority is wrapping up its 2025 legislative playbook—so what happens next, and who gets to decide? (Spoiler: it’s not just them.)

Author

Jason Anderson
March 24, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

I guess there is no one to blame
We’re leaving ground
Will things ever be the same?
It’s the final countdown

Editor’s note: I’m literally writing this from an airport, and am traveling on business. Topeka coverage will unfortunately be short and to the point this week, but that’s ok; most of the outcomes for these bills are already baked into the cake.

-Jason

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Where do things go from here?

Four days from now, the conservative supermajority in the Kansas Legislature will have either succeeded or partially succeeded in their strategic aims for this session:

  • to lock in reduced taxes in a regressive design that would require a non-Republican majority to overturn;

  • to shift public education funding towards private education options; and

  • to set in motion changes in electoral and judicial processes to (1) further consolidate political power and (2) enable overturning Vote No (and institute abortion bans) without another citizen vote.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve participated in multiple community discussions (some public, some private) that, regardless of where they started, all arrive at the same question: where do we go from here? It bears repeating: this year’s legislation was baked in November 2024. Advocates and citizens have valiantly engaged with their elected officials since then, and there have been a handful of victories, but for the most part there has been limited opportunity to rewrite the narrative.

A much better question is who decides what happens next? (hint: it’s you.)

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