Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has hit the home stretch of her second term. She will give only one more State of the State speech after this one, and Wednesday evening found her in a contemplative frame of mind,

Senate President Ty Masterson said that many of the accomplishments the governor mentioned were the result of Republican bills.

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"The Kansas our grandkids will inherit is up to us right now," Gov. Laura Kelly told Kansas lawmakers in her 2025 State of the State address.

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The Senate President and House Speaker will find some way to distort or undermine the governor’s requests, no matter how commonsense Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has hit the home stretch of her second term.

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The Democratic governor’s overture to GOP lawmakers came as Kelly insisted she wouldn’t support any proposal that “robs our schools” of needed funds. Kansas must “stay on the path to prosperity” as it moves through the rest of the 21st century, she said, according to a copy of her prepared remarks.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the State address focused on long-term strategies to improve Kansas, including securing water supplies and growing child care. She warned Republicans of some tax

Emboldened Republicans have vowed to slash property taxes, setting up a clash with Gov. Laura Kelly over whether Kansas can afford another round of cuts.

Kelly started the address by highlighting funding public schools, axing sales tax on groceries and bringing economic development projects to the state among other things.