Many of us have gone from not paying attention to being stunned by what happens in Topeka. We would love to be able to sit in committee hearings more often, but our jobs and family responsibilities make that impossible; live streaming would shine a light on these meetings where much of the work of the legislature takes place. Our own Devin Wilson is featured in this article. When the bill comes up again this year, please make sure your legislators know you support letting Kansans see their legislature at work.

“Wilson became politically aware and began following Statehouse news closely, concerned that decisions there were undermining the quality of his two sons’ schools.

“He follows the stream of Capitol updates that flows through Twitter — messages capped at 140 characters each and written by lawmakers, reporters, lobbyists and others sitting in on proceedings.

“But these snippets and the news articles Wilson reads can only provide so much, he said. Committee webcasts would fill in the blanks.”

Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2015-10-27/kansas-one-9-states-doesnt-offer-live-streaming-legislature-committee-meetings