Session is over! Or is it? Jason Alatidd and Jack Harvel of The Topeka Capital-Journal and John Hanna of the Associated Press recap a busy veto session — where a tornado warning interrupted the last day of the Kansas legislative session as lawmakers tried another go at cutting taxes, but didn't take up a plan designed to lure the Kansas City Chiefs to move to Kansas. Both of those issues could come back up during a likely special session.

Chillin' in the Statehouse is ready for veto session, when Kansas lawmakers return to Topeka to consider overriding Gov. Laura Kelly's vetoes and wrap up unfinished business — and there's a lot of vetoes and unfinished business for legislators to get done in a short amount of time.

With a nod to Taylor Swift's new era, The Tortured Poets Department, Chillin' in the Statehouse brings you The Tortured Reporters Department. The Topeka Capital-Journal's Jason Alatidd and Jack Harvel are joined by the Associated Press' John Hanna as they run down the highlights of the first batches of bill signings and vetoes during the Legislature's April break.

On this eclipse day, there is a mixture of sunlight and darkness, kind of like how the Kansas Legislature worked late into the night on its last day of regular session. The Topeka Capital-Journal's Jason Alatidd and the Associated Press' John Hanna recap three of the biggest issues (state budget, school budget and tax cuts) from drop dead day — or more like drop dead night, considering what time the House and Senate adjourned for their April break.

To read more: https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/government/2024/04/08/kansas-lawmakers-pass-tax-cuts-but-not-school-budget-before-adjourning/73243055007/

For episode 100 of Chillin' in the Statehouse, we have the return of Andrew Bahl, one of the first hosts and producers of the podcast. He joins The Topeka Capital-Journal's Jason Alatidd and Jack Harvel and the Associated Press' John Hanna to discuss the latest on the Kansas Legislature and so-called drop dead day, plus a little Wisconsin politics.

We may be chill, but the Legislature is heating up with some hot-button issues in the second half of session. The Topeka Capital-Journal's Jason Alatidd and Jack Harvel are joined by the Associated Press' John Hanna as they discuss abortion, gender affirming care, election security, TikTok and more.

Topeka Capital-Journal reporter Stacey Saldanha-Olson sits down with Washburn University's newest dean of law Jeffrey Jackson.

The Chillin' in the Statehouse team breaks down the happenin's of turnaround week, including a call of the House during the failed veto override attempt of the Republican tax cut plan. The Topeka Capital-Journal's Jason Alatidd and Jack Harvel are joined by John Hanna of the Associated Press, who discusses fetal personhood legislation in Kansas in light of an Alabama court ruling on IVF.

Death and taxes are the two certainties in life, right? Well they're maybe not so certain, at least in the Kansas Legislature. Jason Alatidd and Jack Harvel of The Topeka Capital-Journal and John Hanna of the Associated Press talk through the uncertainties of the veto override effort for the flat income tax plan and the uncertainties of the state death penalty law.

The Chiefs winning the big game Sunday night meant a slower, chiller Monday morning at the Kansas Statehouse, leaving the Chillin' team with time to record a podcast for the first time in three weeks. Jason Alatidd and Jack Harvel of The Topeka Capital-Journal and John Hanna of the Associated Press recap some of the top issues in Kansas government and politics.