Kansas Civics: How Your State Government Works

by bam

A practical, non-partisan guide to how the state of Kansas governs itself, and how you take part where you live. Kansas was born in conflict: 'Bleeding Kansas' was the violent 1850s struggle over whether Kansas would be a free or slave state, and its free-state Wyandotte Constitution (1859) is still in force today. You'll learn the Kansas Constitution's origins, its plural executive, its Legislature of 40 senators and 125 representatives, its merit-selection Supreme Court, its strong home rule, and its 105 counties, while noting Kansas is unusual for a plains state in having NO statewide citizen initiative. Time-sensitive facts are flagged, pointing to sos.ks.gov. Cited to Kansas's own official sources (kslegislature.gov, sos.ks.gov, kscourts.gov).