Kansas Reflector: Review of 2023 KS Legislative Session
Channel: Janet Hanson
Date: 2023-08-18

On August 7, 2023, NCK Women for Kansas hosted Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector Editor-in-Chief, and Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector Senior Reporter to discuss the 2023 Kansas Legislative Session and how engaged citizens and a strong journalistic presence can work to hold power accountable.
00:00 Introduction
03:52 Tim Carpenter and Sherman Smith
11:00 Q & A begins. Evergy rate increase 
14:01 Revisit the Flat Tax question in 2024 legislature? Political gridlock and unheard ideas.
17:13 Evergy and impacts to ordinary Kansans
20:07 Kansas Politics--can moderate candidate PACs alleviate Kansas's distress?
26:25 Kansas Dark Money and any antidotes
32:00 August 2022 KS Constitutional Amendment: A glimpse of the people's power
35:47 Can we create movement in voter participation?
39:32 Who authors legislation in Kansas? And legislative practices that do not favor transparency
48:10 The puzzle of involving young voters in the political process.  What promotes it? What harms it?
55:21 Tax abatement for a single business.  A snapshot of how money influences policy.
1:04:03 Kansas Reflector's funding and their mandate
1:08:08 ALEC Conventions. Who goes and who pays?