Kansas legislative session recap: What happened, what didn t happen and why it matters Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star
May 10 TOPEKA Kansas Republican lawmakers went home last week having accomplished much of what they set out to do in January.
Wielding the more conservative supermajority they won in the 2020 elections, they overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly s vetoes to achieve long-sought victories on tax cuts and gun rights. They set up a vote next year on amending the state constitution to open the door for new limits on abortion.
The GOP lost two big culture war battles school choice and a ban on transgender athletes in K-12 and college sports for girls and women but kept the issues alive for 2022.
Republican Rep. Mark Samsel was booked Thursday into the local county jail after he was arrested for possible misdemeanor battery after an incident at a school.
John Hanna and Andy Tsubasa Field, Associated Press/Report for America
photo by: Pool photo by Evert Nelson/Topeka Capital-Journal
Rep. Mark Samsel, R-Wellsville, said a proposal to criminalize sexual battery between spouses gives him heartburn because of the practical implications of married life.
TOPEKA A Kansas House member was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery in what authorities said Friday was an incident involving a student while he was substitute teaching at a public school in his hometown.
Republican Rep. Mark Samsel was booked Thursday into the local county jail and released on a $1,000 bond. His arrest came after a student reported an incident Wednesday at a school in his hometown of Wellsville, a town of about 1,700 people some 55 miles southwest of Kansas City.
Kansas House Republican Arrested Over Alleged Attack On Student
The alleged incident occurred while Rep. Mark Samsel was substitute teaching at a public school in his hometown of Wellsville.
JOHN HANNA and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House member was arrested for possible misdemeanor battery in what authorities said Friday was an incident involving a student while he was substitute teaching at a public school in his hometown.
Republican Rep. Mark Samsel was booked Thursday into the local county jail and released on a $1,000 bond. His arrest came after a student reported an incident Wednesday at school in his hometown of Wellsville, a town of about 1,700 people some 55 miles (89 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City.