Kansas Speaker of the House

Exits due to retirement from politics and campaigns for other public offices

Legislators share frustration with inaction on two bills tied to pricing of medicine

Property tax relief legislation is left in the lurch while the House and Senate iron out a viable path forward

Statehouse Republicans already redrew Democrat Sharice Davids' district in 2022. They may try again, joining the national gerrymandering battle over the U.S. House of Representatives.

Kansas House Republicans have reelected Ray Merrick to a second, two-year term as speaker. Kansas Public Radio reports the representative from Stilwell…