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The Collective Intended Consequences Topeka Buzz Capitol Bee

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Jun 23, 2025

America Has The Bends

The changes are coming fast, no time to decompress...

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Jun 10, 2025

You're probably not moving to Canada

If your fight-or-flight instinct is being triggered by things like civil unrest and Marines being activated in California, it's going to be okay. Probably.

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Jun 02, 2025

STAR Bonds, Sports Incentives, and Budgetary Risk

Kansas Bets Big on STAR Bonds and Tax Cuts – Is a Fiscal Crisis on Deck?

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May 19, 2025

Working Backwards: A Blueprint for Kansas' Future

Hope won’t reshape Kansas politics—but a clear vision might. Real change demands a plan, and every plan needs a purpose.

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May 12, 2025

DOGE Comes to Kansas

You don't have to look far from home to see DOGE's impact. This is just a diary of the ways our household has already seen and felt its intended (and unintended) consequences.

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May 05, 2025

Kansas Guts Local Health Authority as Measles and TB Surge

SB29 strips county health officers of the power to enforce quarantines or gathering bans. Also: 46 measles cases in southwest Kansas.

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Apr 28, 2025

The Biden Bucks Ban

In 2025, Kansas’ supermajority attempted to rewrite the rules of political power.

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Apr 21, 2025

Overridden and Overreaching

The Kansas GOP supermajority steamrolled most of Governor Kelly vetoes. For the next six weeks, we're going to take a closer look at those new laws and their long-term impact.

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Apr 14, 2025

A Tax Story, While the Dust Settles

The 2025 Kansas Legislative session is now complete. The final votes from Friday have not yet been published, so join me for a little story...

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Apr 07, 2025

The DOGE-ification of All Things

The foundations of global stability are shifting, and America’s role is up for debate. Also: memes are running the US Ministry of Culture.

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Mar 31, 2025

Kansas 2025 Legislative Recap

It's a wrap! (Almost.) The Legislature is adjourned as we await Governor Kelly's veto pen. Also: Revisiting my early predictions.

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Mar 24, 2025

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.)

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