The Senate has passed (June 7) a tax bill which leaves the unsustainable income tax cuts intact, increases sales tax, and includes the expansion of the corporate tax credit “scholarship” program. The tax bill moves on to the House where the moderates and Democrats have higher numbers. Here are the...
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No comments Monthly Archives: June 2015
Doonesbury covers Kansas budget and education crisis
A lot of people see the absurdity of our current predicament. Now we’re in Doonesbury....
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For those of you enjoying summer and not constantly watching our legislature, here’s a Sunday morning (June 7) update. We still don’t have a budget, we still don’t have a tax plan, and we still don’t have “certainty” with block grant funding. The Capitol press corps is providing detailed information...
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No comments Education supporters concerned about addition of school choice expansion to tax bill
“A late-session attempt by some lawmakers to expand a controversial private school tuition program has public school educators fearing a repeat of last spring, when lawmakers folded contentious K-12 policy changes into an appropriations bill in the eleventh hour.” We learned a lot at the end of the 2014 legislative...
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