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UPDATE: Kansas legislative leaders have voted to revoke Governor Kelly’s new mask mandate for the state. The Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council voted 5 to 2 to revoke the order. Kansas House Speaker Ron Ryckman of Olathe, Majority Leader Dan Hawkins of Wichita, and Speaker Pro Tem Blaine Finch of Ottawa issued a joint statement:
“Public health mandates should be short-term, data-driven and reserved only for pressing emergency situations. They should not be used to dictate Kansans’ daily lives year after year. If data is the real driver behind the Governor’s approach, then let’s rely on the numbers. In November, the Governor issued her last statewide mask mandate saying there was a “worrying spike” in cases. At that time, Kansas had 5,217 new cases and a 7-day average of 2,430 new cases. Now,
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Kansas House speaker s father sworn in as new state senator
March 10, 2021
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. s father is now serving in the Kansas Senate.
Republican Sen. Ron Ryckman Sr. of Meade took his oath of office during the Senate s brief Senate session as family members watched, including the House speaker. The oath was administered by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert.
The elder Ryckman also served in the House from 2011 through 2016, when he decided not to seek reelection. He and his son served together in the House for four years, starting in 2013. The younger Ryckman grew up in western Kansas but is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe and now lives there.
Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
photo by: Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly says she s preparing to run for re-election 2022 to protect advances in education, transportation and economic development. She expects robust opposition from the Republican Party, who lost the governor s office in 2018.
TOPEKA Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly makes no secret of her plan to run for re-election in 2022, while Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt prefers to leave the question for another day.
Kelly prevailed in the deeply red state of Kansas during 2018 against GOP nominee Kris Kobach by developing a campaign based on a vow to restore funding to education, transportation and social safety-net programs while offering voters a return to a less-chaotic era of state government budgeting. For much of the decade, tax and financial problems conspired to undermine Gov. Sam Brownback’s goals for reforming the state. Kobach, who earned a reputation as a feisty secretary