MyPillow acolyte meets with Nemaha County officials, appears for 2nd time before elections committee, and takes bogus conspiracy show to Topeka church, where he's joined by four lawmakers and others pushing Big Lie #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
I obtained audio from church speech, where Douglas Frank claimed voter registration lists are easily hackable, because he has the passwords of every county clerk in the state #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
He also talks about helping his son find conservative girls: "I find these really beautiful 19-year-old girls, I take selfies with them, and I get their information. So every time I come home for two or three days, I say, ‘Here are some more, son' " #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
Rep. Tatum Lee told crowd it's not the Democrats they have to worry about. She blamed Republicans, including House leadership: "There’s more to liberty than guns and Jesus. But if you’re not holding them accountable, we deserve what we get" #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
Rep. Cheryl Helmer told the crowd to blame House leadership, but don't be angry with Republicans: "Please, dear God, pray for freedom. Pray for conservatism. And don’t leave tonight mad at Republicans" #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Gregory Shuey offered QAnon conspiracy about altering votes from embassy in Rome as explanation for how 2020 election "was the greatest crime in American history because it stole our country" #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
House elections chairman admonished Frank for promoting violence against government officials and for denigrating election workers who weren't present to refute his allegations #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
Rep. Emil Bergquist: "There’s going to be a lot of comments come back ... 'Is there any reason for us to hold an election? From what you’ve told us today, there’s probably no way we can fix it in a short time. So why even vote?’ ” #kslegkansasreflector.com/2022/03/20/big…
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This in-depth report by @Allie_Kite explores understaffing, violence and drugs at @CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth — described by a federal judge as a notorious "hell hole" — with sourcing of former guards, public defenders and inmate's widow #kslegkansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
Judge Julie Robinson said she could only describe it as "an absolute hell hole."
"The court is aware of it,” she said. “The defense bar is aware of it. The prosecutors are aware of it. The United States Marshals are aware of it" #kslegkansasreflector.com/2021/10/07/for…
“I have clients that have been in the hardest federal prisons and know how to do hard time, and they’re terrified,” said Melody Brannon, federal public defender for the District of Kansas.
Ed Myers, a 70-year-old Newton man who believes the election was stolen, is upset he is the only person to show up for demonstration at Statehouse: "Where is everybody?" he asked as passersby honked #ksleg
Myers: "In two years, people are going to be sick of of Biden and Harris, and all the socialists in Washington. They're going to be sick of them, and want to get rid of them, and MAGA will be back. We'll be back." #ksleg
KDHE for the first time has identified the locations of COVID-19 clusters, including 26 long-term care facilities, seven K-State Greek houses, nine private businesses and four religious gatherings. #ksleg
Here's a link to the developing story. In addition to naming the active outbreaks, the updated numbers show an 8% increase in COVID-19 deaths from last week #kslegkansasreflector.com/2020/09/09/kan…
The Department for Children and Families secretly withheld millions in payments to private operators of the state foster care system, propelling them toward financial ruin and directly contributing to the suffering of kids in state custody #kslegcjonline.com/news/20200516/…
Through documents and interviews over the past six months, I learned the state delayed more than $21M in payments to Saint Francis Ministries and KVC Kansas and never paid for at least $1.8 million in services from FY 2017 #kslegcjonline.com/news/20200516/…
The private contractors couldn't say anything at the time, or now, because they were bound by state-imposed nondisclosure agreements. The indication is that the actual losses were much worse than DCF acknowledges #kslegcjonline.com/news/20200516/…
Republican #ks03 candidate Adrienne Vallejo Foster on crowd limits for religious gatherings: "I am calling on Governor Kelly to rescind her executive order, the county sheriffs to ignore this overreaching executive order, and the churches to hold service this Sunday" #ksleg
Foster's statement says she was inspired by Jesus and the Founding Fathers to tell sheriffs to ignore the law #ksleg
AG Derek Schmidt weighs in, says Kansans should comply with governor’s order limiting religious gatherings during pandemic but clarifies they can't be arrested, prosecuted or imprisoned for worshiping #ksleg
Senators are recognizing individuals from their districts for accomplishments at the moment. We expect Rs and Ds to break for caucus meetings soon, then return for debate on abortion amendment. #ksleg
Also, please welcome KU student @sydhoover17 to our coverage team for this session. She is helping me with coverage of the abortion amendment this afternoon #ksleg