Lawmakers fritter away $20,000 battling Kansas Reflector. They could just admit they screwed up!

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 6, 2026

Words: 909

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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The Kansas Legislature treated its own law as a suggestion.

Now it wants to steal money from you to cover its tracks.

Top state officials decided to snatch $20,000 from the wallets of taxpayers in a flagrantly ridiculous quest, hiring a lawyer to defend a lawmaker over a complaint filed by Kansas Reflector. No one on our end requested such a move, but the Legislative Coordinating Council moved forward on Tuesday nonetheless.

It’s absurd. …

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