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Baya Burgess

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 05/08/2026
GOP candidates for Kansas State Board of Education advance in three contested primary races | via @bayaburgess.bsky.social #ksleg
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GOP candidates for Kansas State Board of Education advance in three contested primary races • Kansas Reflector
Unofficial GOP primary results as of Wednesday morning place an attorney, a retired superintendent and a former Kansas Board of Education member one step closer to overseeing K-12 public schools.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 30/07/2026
Northeast Kansas education board candidates share ideas for funding, local control, technology | via @bayaburgess.bsky.social #ksleg
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Northeast Kansas education board candidates share ideas for funding, local control, technology • Kansas Reflector
While a Democrat running for the state education board wants fully funded special education, the Republican candidate wants to investigate spending.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 28/07/2026
East-central Kansas candidates for state education board aim to balance authority, improve reading | via @bayaburgess.bsky.social #ksleg
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East-central Kansas candidates for state education board aim to balance authority, improve reading • Kansas Reflector
Education board candidates hope to make systemic changes concerning the cell phone ban, reading and communication with the Legislature.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A lawyer from Lawrence decided to run for congress after DOGE cuts slashed her job. She's focused on rural Kansas, grassroots fundraising and challenging the Trump administration. kansasreflector.com/2026/07/27/u...
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U.S. House candidate who lost job to DOGE campaigns on grassroots fundraising, rural Kansas issues • Kansas Reflector
Democrat Lauren Reinhold decided to run for Congress in Kansas after the Trump administration’s DOGE eliminated her federal position.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
State education board candidates for the southeast district share their views on curriculum and digital technology in the classroom. kansasreflector.com/2026/07/24/s...
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Southeast Kansas education board candidates share perspectives on curriculum, digital technology • Kansas Reflector
Candidates running for a southeast Kansas State Board of Education seat differ on whether social issues belong in classroom conversations.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 23/07/2026
Central Kansas education board candidates have competing views on literacy, cellphones, funding | #ksleg #ksed via @bayaburgess.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/07/23/c...
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Central Kansas education board candidates have competing views on literacy, cellphones, funding • Kansas Reflector
While a State Board of Education candidate believes all Kansas families should choose public school, her opponent homeschools her three children.
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Anna Kaminski @anna-writes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I followed a Topeka mom's medical debt case for months. Here's what I found out: kansasreflector.com/2026/07/14/a...
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A Kansas hospital garnished wages of patients who qualified for free care. Then they fought back. • Kansas Reflector
A Kansas hospital and sheriff's office say they are reevaluating their compliance with state and federal law after 11 patients challenged medical debt lawsuits.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A new Kansas law challenges people who document ICE. kansasreflector.com/2026/07/17/n...
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New Kansas law limits efforts to document ICE activity. Video shows how officers utilize the law. • Kansas Reflector
A new Kansas law criminalizes “approaching” law enforcement officers or first responders within 25 feet under certain circumstances. The law changes how people document ICE activity.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The candidates running to represent western Kansas on the state education board speak on special education funding and diversity, equity and inclusion. kansasreflector.com/2026/07/15/c...
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Candidates for the Kansas education board’s most rural district share their views on funding, DEI • Kansas Reflector
The three candidates running for the State Board of Education disagree on funding strategies and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 14/07/2026
Kansas faith leaders urge governor to grant clemency requests from people sentenced to death | via @bayaburgess.bsky.social #ksleg
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Kansas faith leaders urge governor to grant clemency requests from people sentenced to death • Kansas Reflector
Before delivering a petition to the Kansas governor’s office Tuesday, faith leaders criticized the death penalty as immoral and inhumane.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Gov. Laura Kelly opened the Kansas Early Childhood Office, a goal she said she has spent decades working toward. kansasreflector.com/2026/07/01/k...
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Kansas governor achieves goal to open early childhood office, months before her term ends • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said at a celebration Wednesday that she accomplished her “No. 1 priority.”
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Kansas attorney general wants to restrict a medication commonly prescribed for abortions. But the drug also is used to treat other conditions, such as Cushing's syndrome and unresolved miscarriages. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/26/k...
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Kansas AG's proposed restriction on mifepristone would impact more than abortion patients • Kansas Reflector
Mifepristone is used to treat Cushing’s syndrome and unresolved miscarriages. Experts say at-home medication abortions are safe.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Democratic candidates for KS governor pitched agendas to voters this week. Curt Skoog focused on rural development and healthcare. Sen. Cindy Holscher called for statewide suspension of data centers. Sen. Ethan Corson announced a nearly $1 million TV campaign. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/25/d...
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Democratic candidates for Kansas governor pitch campaign priorities to voters • Kansas Reflector
Curt Skoog promised voters that if elected he would prioritize health care access and economic development in rural Kansas.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 17/06/2026
After fighting clean water rules, Kansas attorney general argues abortion pill is a contaminate | via Baya Burgess #ksleg
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After fighting clean water rules, Kansas attorney general argues abortion pill is a contaminate • Kansas Reflector
Kris Kobach called for classification an abortion medication as a water contaminant despite his past efforts to decrease water regulation.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A state board concurred with the Secretary of State’s decision to keep the No Labels Kansas party from this November’s ballot. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/12/k...
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Kansas State Objections Board strikes No Labels party from ballot, along with Democrat in House race • Kansas Reflector
The State Objections Board on Friday upheld Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s decision not to recognize the No Labels Kansas political party.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
U.S Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt spoke Wednesday to a Democratic group about his political rivals and position on abortion. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/11/k...
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Kansas Democratic women’s club evaluates U.S. Senate candidate who put 'fetal personhood' into bill • Kansas Reflector
Democrats questioned U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt’s position on abortion Wednesday at a Capital Area Democratic Women meeting in Topeka.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Attorney General Kris Kobach opposed clemency for Kansas inmates facing the death penalty. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/09/k...
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Kansas attorney general urges governor to deny clemency to inmates who received death penalty • Kansas Reflector
Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday urged the governor to deny clemency to Kansas inmates who have been sentenced to death.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 03/06/2026
Kansas educators, task force members wrangle over data as school funding hangs in the balance | via @bayaburgess.bsky.social #ksleg
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Kansas educators, task force members wrangle over data as school funding hangs in the balance • Kansas Reflector
A Lawrence second grade teacher said teachers in the beginning their careers would suffer if the state cut paraprofessionals, a move suggested by a presenter to the task force working on Kansas’ next ...
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
At a week-long program for Kansas high schoolers who want to become teachers, educators say they feel confident in the next generation of teachers. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/05/e...
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Educators inspired by Kansas high school students hoping to become teachers • Kansas Reflector
Teacher Sheila Peterson says this era of education is a renaissance. Peterson, an acclaimed North Dakota teacher, flew to Kansas for the Kansas Future Teachers Academy at Emporia State University and ...
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Kanas House candidates filing for the first time share their motivations for running. kansasreflector.com/2026/06/01/f...
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First-time Kansas House candidates articulate reasons for running for Legislature • Kansas Reflector
A city commissioner running for a Kansas House seat says he has felt called to public service for most of his life.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
GOP Secretary of State Scott Schwab announced his running mate, Rep. Ken Rahjes, who abandoned his SOS candidacy to join Schwab. That leaves Pat Proctor as the only Republican in the contest to oversee Kansas elections. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/29/g...
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GOP secretary of state files to run for Kansas governor, picks representative as running mate • Kansas Reflector
Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab officially filed to run for Kansas governor on Friday, selecting Rep. Ken Rahjes of Agra as his running mate.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Democrat Jeff Pittman is seeking to represent the Leavenworth area in the House with a campaign grounded in bipartisanship. He hopes to replace Pat Proctor, a particularly partisan representative. kansasreflector.com/briefs/forme...
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Former Kansas legislator files to run for Leavenworth House seat, focusing on bipartisanship • Kansas Reflector
Former state legislator Jeff Pittman of Leavenworth is seeking to return to the House with a campaign message grounded in bipartisanship.
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Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The governor's chief of staff says three Kansans are being monitored for hantavirus after being seated behind someone on a plane who had symptoms, tested positive and died. So far, the Kansans are asymptomatic. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/05/26/k...
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Kansas legislative leaders approve extended monitoring of three residents exposed to hantavirus • Kansas Reflector
Kansas legislative leaders on Tuesday approved the governor's request to extend an emergency declaration in response to three residents who are being monitored for a potential hantavirus infection.
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Baya Burgess @bayaburgess.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Four Kansas public school districts want to sue the state for years of underfunding. kansasreflector.com/briefs/four-...
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Four Kansas school districts plan legal action against state for underfunding public education • Kansas Reflector
TOPEKA — Four Johnson County public school districts want to sue the state of Kansas for more than 15 years of inadequate special education funding.
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Anna Kaminski @anna-writes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Below average rainfall and a bone-dry riverbed of dead brush fueled a 1,500-acre wildfire in Central KS, but the KS Fire Marshal’s Office deemed the cause “undetermined,” even though it sparked one day after a controlled burn was performed on an adjacent ranch. kansasreflector.com/2026/05/07/a...
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A Kansas wildfire scorched 1,500 acres after city's burn. The official cause is undetermined. • Kansas Reflector
Charred fence posts, oxidized barbed wire and blackened trees lined the Arkansas River in west-central Kansas in the wake of a 1,500 acre fire that scorched the dry riverbed and surrounding property.
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