From The Newsroom: The Topeka Capital-Journal

Despite initial fears that the COVID-19 pandemic would turn into a fiscal catastrophe for the state of Kansas, things appear to have turned around. But with higher-than-expected revenues means more fights about how to spend the funds. The Capital-Journal's Andrew Bahl is joined by John Hanna of the Associated Press to break it all down. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Play.

Andrew is joined by friend of the podcast John Hanna of the Associated Press. The topic of conversation? A pair of lawsuits over controversial new changes to Kansas voting laws. The pair breakdown what you need to know about the laws and the legal controversy. If you like what you hear, follow Chillin' in the Statehouse on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play and cjonline.com.

A motorist tells a 911 dispatcher that he was almost struck by a vehicle allegedly driven by Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, R-Wichita. Suellentrop was accused of going the wrong way on Interstate 70 Tuesday morning and was booked on charges of driving under the influence.

In this episode, we talk about the entrance of Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt into the governor's race against incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly. 

In this episode, we revisit and look back at a year of the coronavirus and what the situation is now a year after the virus first hit the Midwest and Kansas.

In this episode, the Capital-Journal's Andrew Bahl and Titus Wu are in an emergency — the state's emergency management law that is. Sweeping legislation moving through Topeka would significantly change how state and local governments respond to disasters, like COVID-19.

In this episode, we talk about the huge tax bill the Kansas Senate passed this week, and how for some, it hearkens back to the Brownback tax cuts. 

In this episode, state government reporters Titus Wu and Andrew Bahl talk about Gov. Laura Kelly's proposal to fund Medicaid expansion in Kansas with revenue from legalizing medical marijuana.

Sam Brownback, former ambassador at-large for international religious freedom under President Trump, served three years building and establishing relationships with foreign countries. Prior, he was Kansas 46th Governor and served as U.S. Representative and Senator. 

Topeka Capital-Journal reporter Titus Wu interviewed him on January 26, 2021 following the inauguration of President Joseph Biden.