Baya Burgess
Baya Burgess is the summer intern at Kansas Reflector and a 2026 graduate of the University of Kansas’ journalism school. She grew up in Lawrence, and she has been reporting since she was 15 years old. Baya covered student news and culture for three years and was a multimedia editor for one year at KU’s student-led newspaper, the University Daily Kansan. She loves to document the people around her and strives to make their stories known.
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Kansas reinstated the death penalty in 1994. The state has not carried out an execution since 1965, and no one has been sentenced to death in a decade. -
On June 5, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to classify an abortion pill as a contaminant. -
He said he was trying to sabotage the bill. -
The state has not carried out an execution since 1965. -
Maddie Zluticky, a student at Eisenhower High School in Goddard, wants to be the kind of teacher she didn’t have. -
After the presentation, Rep. Nikki McDonald, an Olathe Democrat, task force member and teacher, said “return on investment” language restricts a rounded approach to funding education. -
Schwab said he does not “cater to the loud minority.” -
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