There are two election authorities, Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County, involved in planning a special election for a recall effort against Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr..

Jackson County Executive Frank White faces historic recall election after petition effort succeeds. First-ever recall vote could remove the top official.

Here are eight Kansas laws that take effect in July 2025. Under this new law, child support payments can start at the date of conception and can include costs of pregnancy and childbirth. Now parents can get an income tax exemption for $2,320 for fetuses. Kansas lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto on HB 2062.

Supporters of an effort to recall Jackson County Executive Frank White turned in enough valid signatures to force a recall vote.

AGRA – Ken Rahjes, R-Agra, officially filed Monday as a Republican candidate for Kansas Secretary of State. He currently serves in the Kansas House of Representatives for the 110th District.

Frustrated by the lack of public forums from Kansas’s congressional delegation, the advocacy group Leading Kansas hosted a town hall Sunday at Wichita State University. More than 1,500 people filled the Metroplex to hear from Democratic lawmakers who traveled to Wichita as part of a national push for accountability.

Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order.

Kansas Republicans are fighting to change who sits on the state’s highest court. Kansas Republicans voted unanimously on Saturday, June 21 to endorse an amendment that would

Jackson County’s charter specifies that a recall election must happen within 60 days of those signatures being certified.

A federal judge sided with state officials and allowed a Kansas law to go into effect that bans “foreign nationals” from contributing financially to campaigns for or against state constitutional amendments.