Tim Carpenter

Tim Carpenter
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Tim Carpenter has reported on Kansas for 35 years. He covered the Capitol for 16 years at the Topeka Capital-Journal and previously worked for the Lawrence Journal-World and United Press International. He has been recognized for investigative reporting on Kansas government and politics. He won the Kansas Press Association's Victor Murdock Award six times. The William Allen White Foundation honored him four times with its Burton Marvin News Enterprise Award. The Kansas City Press Club twice presented him its Journalist of the Year Award and more recently its Lifetime Achievement Award. He earned an agriculture degree at Kansas State University and grew up on a small dairy and beef cattle farm in Missouri. He is an amateur woodworker and drives Studebaker cars.
Sen. Molly Baumgardner, chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee, praised Friday a compromise school funding bill also championed by Gov. Laura Kelly. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
Civil Rights

Kelly, Legislature endorse compromise on K-12 education policy, funding

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Agriculture

Kansas House adopts medical marijuana bill with bipartisan majority

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Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a candidate for governor in 2022, lauded passage by the Legislature of a bill directing use of opioid settlement money in the state. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
Civil Rights

House Democrat offers cynical ‘hallelujah’ for bill touted by Kansas attorney...

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COVID-19

Legislature’s auditors to tackle IT vulnerabilities, pandemic spending

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Sen. Caryn Tyson, a Parker Republican and chairwoman of the Senate's tax committee, defended a bundled property tax reform bill offering rebates to certain businesses and delivering the regular 20 mills for K-12 public schools. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
Business

Senate property tax bill strikes chord with homeowners, schools and businesses

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Leawood Sen. Kellie Warren, standing left, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the Legislature ought to set up a system enabling small businesses to apply for compensation from state, county and city governments that engaged in overreach during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
Business

Senate creates massive fund to compensate businesses for COVID-19 expenses

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El Dorado Republican Rep. Will Carpenter, facing, led a charge in the House to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of $300,000 for an Andover pilot program to help women caught in human trafficking. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
Business

House hits veto override button to strip governor of COVID-19 funding...

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Courts and Crime

Democrat blasts Kansas representative for casting votes days after ‘unbecoming’ altercation

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Rep. Ron Howard, a Wichita Republican battling an illness, voted from the gallery Monday as the Kansas House worked to override Gov. Laura Kelly on flag, gun, election and tax bills. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
Election 2020

Senate, House override Gov. Kelly’s veto of two election reform bills

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House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, House Speaker Ron Ryckman and House Speaker Pro Tem Blaine Finch, left to right, return to Topeka on Monday to grapple with Gov. Laura Kelly's vetoes and a series of unfinished bills. (Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector)
Business

Governor, Legislature prepare for political clash on vetoes, session-ending bills

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