Kansas children succeed in their quest for a new state fruit
The process to name a state fruit took a little over a year from start to finish and that’s fast when we’re talking about almost anything legislative.
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The process to name a state fruit took a little over a year from start to finish and that’s fast when we’re talking about almost anything legislative.
Dozens of students from across Kansas sat in the Statehouse rotunda as Gov. Laura Kelly signed their sandhill plum bill into law.
Efforts to make the polka Kansas' official state dance stalled again, for now.
Even though snow dampened in-person testimony, students had their day in the Kansas Statehouse to lobby for the sandhill plum to be the state fruit.
We’re thrilled to see young people so excited about the legislative process. We hope they keep that passion for the political process.