Tag: Kansas Legislature
Advocates admit Medicaid expansion won’t save rural hospitals
Pressed to consider the facts with emotion removed, even some strong advocates admit Medicaid expansion won’t save rural hospitals. And…
Legislators to consider work around to Kelly’s veto of ‘windfall’ bill
State lawmakers may make another try at returning the so-called federal tax reform “windfall” to taxpayers, despite a recent veto…
Panel Debates Medicaid Expansion
The 14 states that didn’t implement Medicaid expansion are the fiscally responsible ones, Michael Cannon, Cato Institute director of health…
Lawmakers, Governor Draw Battle Lines on KPERS Repayment
With unanimous consent in both the Kansas House and Senate, a bill that will repay $115 million to Kansas’s public…
Term limits legislation proposed in Kansas
Rep. Ken Corbet, a Topeka Republican, is sponsoring three term limits bills, but he doesn’t think any are likely to…
Media Bias Alert: KWCH-TV pushes minimum wage hike
Regardless of intent, reporting just one side of a story is one of the classic forms of media bias. And…
Sentinel acquired by Kansas Policy Institute
Special to The Sentinel After two years of operating as an independent entity, The Sentinel has become a subsidiary of…
Delay in Kansas Supreme Court Abortion Decision Has Watchers Wondering
Democrats or abortion-friendly moderates appointed six of the seven justices on the Kansas Supreme Court. As is perhaps even more…
Kansas House Majority Leader: State “Just Robbing” Taxpayers
Apparently no one told the new House Majority Leader, Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, that a blue wave had transformed Kansas…
Kansas to Pay “Controversial” Outfit $270,000 to Recruit 3 Teachers
In 2015, the Washington Post published an entire chapter from a book called “Good Intentions Gone Bad” about the “controversial”…
Female Kansas Mod Laments Left’s “Ugly Campaign”
In a Pitch article that gets almost everything wrong, former Kansas City Starreporter Barbara Shelly allows moderate Republican Representative Melissa…
Shocker: KNEA Withdraws Support of Deaf Candidate in Kansas House Race
One had to give credit where it is due: the KNEA, the Kansas branch of the National Educational Association, has…
Kansas GOP Leaders, Candidates Say ‘Not So Fast’ To $$$-Hungry Court
The decision Monday by the Kansas Supreme Court that the latest effort by Kansas lawmakers to appease the court was…
Shocker! Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Teachers
In May 2015 teachers Sallie Scribner and Mark McNemee received notification from the Flinthills school district that their contracts would not…
Kansas GDP Falls, But Lawyers Want $1.5 Billion “More” For Schools
Forget the GDP–the half billion or so of newly committed money is apparently not money enough for the lawyers representing…
Tax Increase Coming to KS Individuals, Businesses If Legislature Does Nothing
Kansans will get a tax increase unless the Kansas House and Senate adopt legislation that mirrors federal tax reforms before…
KS House Spikes Budget Provision for Automatic Cuts If Court Demands More School Money
A budget provision to automatically reduce next year’s budget if the Kansas Supreme Court demands lawmakers add more money to schools…
Religious Freedom Opponents Fly in to Oppose Adoption Protection Act
The Human Rights Campaign flew its top leader to Kansas to advocate against an adoption bill that doesn’t change the…
Compressed Veto Session Means Lawmakers Can’t Override Colyer Veto
Kansas lawmakers ceded some of their authority when they scheduled Sine Die — of final adjournment. As they adopted a…
AFP-KS Plans Advocacy Day during ‘Sausage-Making’ Time
When lawmakers return to Topeka to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, they’ll be met by advocates for limited government and…
Would Online Sales Tax Collections Be a Savior of Kansas’ Budget?
Lawmakers are banking on the U.S. Supreme Court overturning a 1992 decision, known as Quill, that limits the ability of…
Colyer Calls on Legislature to Adopt Plan That May Require Tax Increase
Gov. Jeff Colyer is calling on lawmakers to adopt a Kansas House school financing plan that would add $500 million…
Senate, House to Work Out Details of School Finance Bills
After several Senators changed their votes and a call of the Kansas Senate was rescinded, 21 Senators voted passed a…
Colyer, Kobach Appear To Part Ways on School Finance Solution
In all but tone, there’s little daylight between the policy positions of Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and Kansas Secretary of…