The House passed a tax plan (Sub HB 2178) that will help Kansas fund its schools 76-48. We support this bill as way to help restore fiscal sanity and appropriate school funding to our state. Please thank those voting yes: Alford, Baker, Ballard, Becker, Bishop, Brim, Campbell, Carlin, Carmichael, Clayton, Concannon, Cox, Crum, Curtis, Deere, Dierks, Dietrich, Elliott, Eplee, Finney, Francis, Frownfelter, Gallagher, Gartner, Helgerson, Henderson, Hibbard, Highberger, Hineman, Holscher, Jennings, Johnson, Judd-Jenkins, Karleskint, Kelly, Kessinger, Koesten, Kuether, Lewis, Lusk, Lusker, Markley, Miller, Murnan, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Orr, Ousley, Parker, Patton, Phelps, Phillips, Pittman, Proehl, Rafie, Ralph, Rooker, Ruiz, Sawyer,...
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KNEA editorial on partisanship
We share the sentiments expressed in this editorial from KNEA. [EDITORIAL] When Tempers Flare “Sometimes, under the dome, people get a tad cheesed off. We know we do! When that happens things can be said that might be regrettable later and much of that is expressed in hyper-partisanship. “Such has been the case over the last couple of days. Things are heating up in the capitol and tempers do flare. “We are counting on a bipartisan coalition of level-headed, common sense Kansas legislators to get Kansas through this current fiscal crisis and put us back on a path...
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ACTION ALERT on SB 188: The Senate will be debating SB 188 tomorrow (2/16/17). Please urge your senator to vote YES and allow Kansas to fund its schools and other essential needs. This bill has bipartisan support, and Game On submitted testimony in favor of this bill on Tuesday. Here’s a summary of what SB 188 does. “A key feature of the budget-balancing package put together by Democrats is the repeal, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2017, of the income tax exemption granted farmers, dentists and other owners of LLCs and other business structures. That business-owner tax was signed...
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ACTION ALERT: Sub HB 2178 passed quickly on an initial vote 83-39. Rep. Clayton warned this looks suspicious. Please contact your representative and urge him or her to vote for Sub HB 2178 on final action tomorrow. We’re attaching a photo of the votes. (Photo credit Jonathan Shorman, Topeka Capital Journal on Twitter) We support this bill which provides a path out of our current budget crisis. Please note it takes 84 votes to override a veto. Here is a link to the bill summary: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/supp_note_hb2178_01_0000.pdf Here is a link to the bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2178_01_0000.pdf Voting Yea on the initial vote...
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