Jim McLean

Senior correspondent, chief political reporter, Kansas News Service.

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

@nostalgic_ku Watching KU score 79 on the Cornhuskers the year we got on Orange Bowl bid over MU. Second would attending a game as a 10-year-old and watching the Kansas Comet (Gale Sayers) run the opening kick for a TD in route to a 15-14 win over the Sooners.

[Kansas Football @KU_Football]

Whaddya say we give another backpack away?

RT for a chance to win it

*must be following*

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

It's never about himself for KU quarterback Jalon Daniels.

"The most exciting part about this is just being able to see the amount of smiles and excitement that my teammates have."

Full quote here.
@JalonDaniels6 #KUfball @KU_Football

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

@marysdesk You’re welcome! Glad you found it. Produced it a couple of years ago but very much still relevant.

[Kansas News Service @ksnewsservice]

The Kansas Legislature is one step away from banning transgender athletes from women's sports. Story from @jmcleanks. #ksleg https://t.co/Krw4kXCg7V

[KCUR @kcur]

We've got fantastic news: Reporters from the collaborative Kansas News Service have received a total of eight awards, including four first-place honors, in the 2022 Kansas Press Association contest. Congratulations @ksnewsservice!
https://t.co/7ftS58ASNP

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

@BryanLowry3 Cute. You're destined for late-night TV stardom.

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

House votes to override Gov. Kelly's veto of congressional redistricting map that divides Wy Co and makes liberal Lawrence a blue outpost in a sea of western Kansas red. #ksleg @ksnewsservice

#ksleg

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

Seems as if the damn has broken. #ksleg

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

Republicans need to flip one more "no" vote so that when Rep. Hoffman is found he can cast the deciding 84th vote to override. #ksleg

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

@AndrewBahl Baker is one of a dwindling number of GOP moderates in the House. Wonder what prompted him to change.

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

House Democrats following one another to the mic to complain about the map, hoping to convince a handful of Republicans to join them in sustaining Kelly's veto. Didn't happen in the Senate. #ksleg @ksnewsservice

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

Jo Co Dem. Clayton warns lawmakers it's a mistake to rely on the courts as a backstop. "It's our job," she says reconfigure the state's congressional districts. #ksleg @ksnewsservice

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

Burroughs says "gerrymandering is one thing, political spite is another," when talking about moving liberal-leaning Lawrence in the mostly rural, Republican Big 1st. #ksleg @ksnewsservice

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

House begins override debate with Dem. Rep. Burroughs making one last plea to sustain Kelly's veto of map that divides Wy Co and dispatches Lawrence to the Big 1st. #ksleg

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

@Ptsbrian To twist the arms of the Republican senators who are present and voting "no." There are three of them, each, I suspect, for reasons other than the map itself.

[Jim McLean @jmcleanks]

@samzeff I predicted it months ago.

[KCUR @kcur]

ICYMI: Our @DanMargolies had a busy Friday getting this scoop.

https://t.co/8M87ApRVWT

[Burdett Loomis @burdett_loomis]

This man is unfit for any governmental or electoral position. Rarely has someone risen so far above his level of competence.

[KCUR @kcur]

Roger Marshall’s critics predict his Trump-first sensibility won’t leave as much room for compromise in a Congress now controlled by Democrats. @jmcleanks has more for @ksnewsservice. https://t.co/QeukpBNMdj