Kansas lawmakers are close to approving their new districts

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators are close to approving plans for new state House and Senate districts that have bipartisan support even though they’re expected to preserve Republican supermajorities. The House on Wednesday added proposed boundaries for its members’ districts to a Senate-passed bill that revised senators’ districts. House members passed the legislation, 112-9. Legislative leaders plan to have House and Senate negotiators next week add a plan for new State Board of Education districts. The package would then face an up-or-down vote in each chamber to send it to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Republicans have majorities of 29-11 in the Senate and 86-39 in the House.