It was an honor to receive this award recognizing me for Exemplary Leadership and Collaboration from the Kansas Mental Health Coalition for the 2017 … - Barbara Ballard

Last month I was invited to speak at the Rally for Public Education. I had the opportunity to say that EDUCATION IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Our children deserve a quality education and leaders who are willing to invest in their future.

Congress has failed to act even after numerous mass shootings, including this year's tragedies in Olathe,Irvine, and Buffalo. This year I reintroduced two pieces of gun safety legislation in February of the 2022 session. HB 2613 wouhavr exempted all Board of Regents Institutions, including the university of Kansas,from concealed carry regulations. HB 2914,a Red flag law , would have allowed judges to issue gun violence restraining orders at the request of concerned family members

Please join me in passing along thoughts and prayers to all the families who begin the weeks of funeral services in Uvalde,Texas.19 students and 2 educators lost their lives in a senseless act of brutal murder in the strongest terms possible.