Kansas Republicans go all in on defunding the police as exhausting 2026 session burns itself out

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 1,205

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Forget Ad Astra per Aspera as the official Kansas motto.

Bring on Exhaustum et Stultus. Or if you want to translate the Latin into English: Exhausting and Foolish.

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Opinion editor Clay Wirestone’s weekly roundup of Kansas legislative exploits. Read the archive.

That’s this journalist’s suggestion after watching the Kansas Legislature go out in a spasm of dysfunction early Saturday, with senators and …

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