Final vote in the House on the block grant bill. 64-57, with 63 votes needed to pass. Yea – (64) (Are they representing you?) Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Boldra, Bradford, Bruchman, Brunk, Campbell, Carpenter, Carpenter, Claeys, Corbet, Couture-Lovelady, Davis, DeGraaf, Dove, Esau, Estes, Garber, Goico, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Hutchins, Hutton, Jones, Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Pauls, Powell, Proehl, Read, Rhoades, Rubin, Ryckman, Ryckman Sr., Scapa, Schwab, Schwartz, Seiwert, Smith, Suellentrop, Sutton, Thimesch, Todd, Vickrey, Whitmer, Williams, Nay – (57) (Please thank them.) Alcala, Alford, Becker,...
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Reporters stage walkout
If you don’t already subscribe to your local paper and one or two others, you should. Electronic subscriptions are easy, and Kansas reporters are a valuable resource for those of us who can’t be in Topeka regularly. Follow the reporters on Twitter, too. We thank them for making the legislative process as transparent as possible. It may have all been just a big misunderstanding. But the Kansas statehouse press corps scored a point for transparency on Monday, when they staged a walkout rather than take part in an off-the-record briefing from legislators. The subject at hand was the...
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Leave a Comment Eudora school district cutting expenses
“Kristin Magette, Director of Communications for Eudora Schools said, ‘The state isn’t taking in enough money to pay its bills, and until the revenue problem is fixed at the state level, our district has everything to lose.’ “Magette explained the district has to cut $81,000 in four months.” Read more here: http://www.kshb.com/news/region-kansas/eudora-school-district-penny-pinching-after-kansas-budget-cuts...
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Leave a Comment Parents concerned about passage of block grant bill
“Which is why Roddy sees what’s going on at the statehouse right now, as an attack on public education. ”’The pace of the block grant and the whole scrapping of the school formula kind of seem to me like kind of devaluing public education,’ said Roddy… “Some Wichitans are so concerned about the speed of the block grant bill, as well as other legislation coming from the statehouse, they’re planning a day trip to Topeka. They’re headed up to lobby lawmakers at the statehouse Wednesday morning.” Read more here: http://m.kwch.com/news/parents-concerned-about-speed-of-block-grant-funding-proposal/31727334...
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