The Kansas Legislature won't hold a November special session to redistrict the congressional maps, as Republican leadership had hoped to do.

Top Kansas Republicans have given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S.

Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins on Tuesday night signaled an end to his bid to gather enough signatures to force a special session to deal with redistricting, along with some other issues.

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson said that enough Republican lawmakers signed on in his chamber to call a special session to consider gerrymandering the state's congressional map. It's not clear yet if the Kansas House has enough support yet,

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Following the Kansas Republican Party’s calls for redistricting, or redrawing the Congressional map, state lawmakers are speaking out. It comes as Republicans say they are in support of calling a special session. This call for mid ...

Democrats criticized the visit, alleging it was related to the gerrymandering of the state. A Republican official said it barely came up.

Republican state lawmakers want to break up Johnson County to help defeat the one Kansas Democrat in Congress. Local officials say the state’s wealthiest and most populous county has benefited from remaining in a single congressional district.

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In Kansas, there are 19 counties where at least 10% of households use SNAP, and they’re mainly concentrated in the southeast part of the state.