Debate about Kansas law incentivizing data center construction charges up governor’s race | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Tim Carpenter
@kansascarpenter.bsky.social
Kansas reporter for 40 years. Member of the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame. Founding member of Kansas Reflector. Covered the Capitol for 16 years at Topeka Capital-Journal and previously worked for Lawrence Journal-World and United Press International.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly rallies Iowa educators for Sand’s campaign | via @iowacapitaldispatch.com #ksleg
Gen Z politicians who want to make a change grapple with parties that aren’t always ready for them | via @bayaburgess.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas GOP candidate for secretary of state fined $93,000 for breaking federal labor law | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Extra: After promising to “meaningfully” respond to a detailed list of questions if Kansas Reflector and MS NOW extended its deadline for comment, Ryan Dollar, a lawyer for the Marshall campaign, sent a statement that did not address the questions.
According to Marshall’s most recent Federal Election Commission records filed in July, no one working for Marshall’s campaign had received a paycheck in the past five years — a situation that campaign finance experts said was potentially unprecedented in the modern era of politics. (2/2)
Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social and @mepfuller.bsky.social #ksleg
Gov. Laura Kelly backs Kansas Democrat for US House, wades into Iowa governor’s race | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas state tax revenue tops estimate by 6.1% in first quarter of budget year | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas agriculture and rural communities need immigrants, but system has failed them | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids introduces healthcare reform package in response to federal cuts | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Trump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls | via @jonshorman.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas attorney general nominees Kris Kobach, Chris Mann tussle in campaign debate | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Roger Marshall’s attack ad against Adam Hamilton contains unauthorized image of children | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Nonprofits to erase $34 million in medical debt for 21,000 Kansans | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Democrat Cindy Holscher’s campaign for Kansas governor highlights distinctions from GOP rival | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas Sen. Cindy Holscher, Democratic Party nominee for governor, offers glimpse of herself and her candidacy. kansasreflector.com/2026/10/05/d... @kansascarpenter.bsky.social
Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority | via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social #ksleg
Governors pledge to oppose federal overreach — even when their party runs Washington | via Kevin Hardy #ksleg
After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement | via @acvollers.bsky.social #ksleg
