Constitutional carry since 2015. No AWB, no mag limit, strong preemption. Stand-your-ground codified. Suppressors legal. No waiting period, no red-flag law.

No medical cannabis (CBD with no THC only). No decriminalization. Possession criminalized. No psychedelic reform. Among most restrictive states.

State minimum wage $7.25/hr (state matches federal). MIT living wage for 1 adult: $14.86/hr. Ratio 0.49 — minimum-wage workers earn 49% of what's needed to live there alone.

Moderate tax and spending, NAEP scores near national average. Infrastructure adequate. Standard middle-of-the-pack value proposition.

IJ grades KS D+ (low burden, profit incentive intact). No QI reform. No-knock allowed. No body cam mandate. No comprehensive privacy law. Cooperates with ICE. Whistleblower protections narrow.

No-excuse mail voting. Early voting 20 days. No same-day registration; proof-of-citizenship law struck down. Strict photo ID. HB 2183 (2021) criminalized ballot collection assistance. Felons vote after completion of full sentence. Republican-drawn maps with high partisan bias. Recent veto-overrides on restrictive laws.

Has NOT adopted Medicaid expansion. Abortion protected by state supreme court (Hodes ruling), and 2022 ballot initiative to remove protection failed; legal up to 22 weeks. Gender-affirming care for minors banned (legislature overrode veto 2025). Rural hospital strain.

No qualified immunity reform. No statewide BWC mandate. Personnel records confidential. KS-CPOST decertification. No no-knock ban. No necessity standard. Local prosecution. No statewide chokehold ban. Per-capita killings above median.

Abortion legal under state constitution (Hodes ruling, Value Them Both rejected 2022) but with 22-week limit. 'Help Not Harm' Act (2025) bans gender-affirming care for minors (felony for providers). No statewide LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination. RFRA. Mixed picture: court-protected abortion access but escalating anti-trans legislation.

Right-to-work state (constitutional). No paid family leave. No paid sick leave. Federal OSHA only. Prevailing wage repealed. Weak wage theft enforcement. Above-median fatal injury rate. No heat, domestic worker, or scheduling protections.