Sherman Smith

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1,886 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 6d ago

Sherman Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Kansas Reflector Podcast · Kansas Reflector series examines exploited process as lawmakers wrap up session · 13 Apr 2026 podcast

Um so that's preserved. matched

They were unable to override her veto on this bill that would allow for-profit veteran claim consultants to uh get a portion of veterans' claims for helping them file their for for that assistance for those benefits, I should say. matched

Um, you know, this is a service that's offered for free by other organizations. matched

Uh so um that went down and then uh there's also a bill trying to dictate how state assessments are scored for K-12 schools. matched

Um so those are all the things that she vetoed that the legislature was not able to override. matched

Those things will stay vetoed. matched

But the things that they did override included Yeah, quite a bit that they did override. matched

Some of the highlights here. matched

There's a bill that's going to put more kids in prison longer. matched

This is overturning kind of a signature law from a former representative Russ Jennings from ten years ago. matched

Well overturning parts of it. matched

Parts of it. matched

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Um there's uh a couple of voucher programs that the state's gonna buy into. matched

Uh one of them a federal program. matched

These are just tax credits for sending kids to private schools. matched

Uh there's a a bill that uh we're concerned about as journalists that creates a 25-foot safety zone for police and first responders. matched

Part of this has to do with protesters uh matched

uh and ice agents as they're detaining uh individuals. matched

But what's concerning to us is it, you know, makes it difficult for journalists to get anywhere near a police officer, uh, in in the line of duty to try to observe or ask questions. matched

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