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Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, addresses colleagues without his jacket Thursday to make a point about rules that maintain a dress code but don't include a mask mandate. (Pool photo by Evert Nelson/Topeka Capital-Journal) TOPEKA — Rep. Boog Highberger took his jacket off before addressing colleagues Thursday on the House floor. “Don’t we have any rules around here?” he asked. The Lawrence Democrat was trying to make a point with his flagrant violation of House decorum. “You know how shocked you were when I just took my jacket off here at the podium?...

Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector photo by: AP File Photo Jars of marijuana are seen on display at Montana Advanced Caregivers, a medical marijuana dispensary, Nov. 11, 2020, in Billings, Mont. TOPEKA — After a shortened session dashed hopes for medicinal cannabis legalization in 2020, proponents of the plant are taking a fresh approach for the upcoming legislative session. Last year, two separate bills were filed pushing for medicinal use, but both died in committee, despite a push to consider cannabis legislation in June when lawmakers convened for a special session. One of the bills offere...

A regional doctor and Republican representative is calling for widespread use of coronavirus vaccines after he received the shot Thursday; John Eplee, R-Atchison, is one of the first in the region to get a shot. In an interview with News-Press NOW on Friday, Eplee was critical of a former appointee of President Donald Trump’s who called for a “herd immunity” strategy in which the public would be exposed to the virus naturally. Scott Atlas resigned earlier this month. “As far as those people that are a little hesitant, I would say don’t worry about the safety of this,�...