On February 24, the Senate Education Committee passed a negotiations bill which mirrors the minority report from the K-12 Efficiency Commission (signed by paid lobbyists Mike O’Neal and Dave Trabert who have consistently opposed strong education funding and policy, Sam Williams and Dennis Depew and not the majority of the commission)...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2015
Legislature stifling dissent
“Along the way, conservatives pushed new policies seen by some as stifling political dissent. “Public employee unions are now barred from deducting money from members’ paychecks to help bankroll political activities, which tend to be directed against conservatives. State money can no longer be used to lobby for gun control....
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One of our friends said it best. “And here’s the part where we hold the threat of prosecution over our teachers.” This bill got Senate approval on February 26. Teachers deserve protection from prosecution for teaching material some may consider obscene, especially at a time when their due process rights...
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No comments Arm twisting prevalent in KS legislature
We keep hearing reports of arm twisting going on behind the scenes in Topeka. We hear legislators are being threatened that if they don’t vote with party leadership on particular bills they will lose their committee chairmanships, or their schools will lose funding, or they will be subject to postcards...
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