Game On for Kansas Schools has released its revised rosters for the August 7, 2018 primary races for the Kansas House and State Board of Education. Incumbents who have supported public education while serving in office are on the “Varsity Squad.” Challengers we believe will be strong advocates for public education are on our roster of “Top Recruits,” while incumbents who have failed to support public education are “Benched for academic ineligibility.” We will release additional rosters for the general elections after the August 7th primaries....
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House Votes Against CCR for HB 2228
Thank you Kansas legislators for voting against CCR for HB 2228. Please hold strong against the arm twisting! On roll call the vote was: Yea – (59): Arnberger, Aurand, Awerkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Burris, Carpenter, Clark, Concannon, Corbet, Davis, Delperdang, Dove, Ellis, Eplee, Esau, Finch, Francis, Garber, Hawkins, Highland, Hineman, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Humphries, Jacobs, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelly, Landwehr, Lewis, Mason, Mastroni, Osterman, Patton, Powell, Proehl, Rafie, Rahjes, Ralph, Resman, Ryckman, Schreiber, Schroeder, Seiwert, A. Smith, E. Smith, Sutton, Tarwater, Thimesch, Thompson, Trimboli, Vickrey, Waymaster, Weber, Whitmer, Williams, Nay – (59): Alcala, Baker, Ballard, Becker, Bishop, Brim, Burroughs, Carlin, Carmichael, Clayton, Cox, Crum, Curtis, Deere, Dierks, Dietrich, Elliott, Finney, Frownfelter, Gallagher, Gartner, Good, Henderson, Highberger, Hodge, Horn, Judd-Jenkins, Karleskint, Kessinger, Koesten, Kuether, Lusk, Lusker, Markley, Miller, Murnan, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Orr, Ousley, Parker, Phelps, Phillips, Pittman, Probst, Rooker, Ruiz, Sawyer, Sloan, Stogsdill, Swanson, Trimmer, Victors, Ward, Weigel, Wheeler, Whipple, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Absent and Not Voting – (7): Alford, Barker, Claeys, Helgerson, Hibbard, Holscher, Schwab, ...
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Leave a Comment Senate Passes CCR for HB 2228
The Senate narrowly passed CCR for House Bill 2228 late last night. Your mother was right-nothing good happens after midnight. Please thank the following who voted against this risky tax cut: Berger, Bollier, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Givens, Haley, Hardy, Hawk, Hensley, Holland, Kelly, McGinn, Pettey, Rogers, V. Schmidt, Skubal, Sykes, Taylor The bill passed with just the necessary votes. Any one of these Senators could have blocked passage. Are they representing you? Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Bowers, Denning, Estes, Fitzgerald, Goddard, Hilderbrand, Kerschen, Longbine, Lynn, Masterson, Olson, Petersen, Pilcher-Cook, Pyle, Suellentrop, Tyson, Wagle, Wilborn Originally posted to Facebook on...
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Leave a Comment Bill to Require Addtional Reporting by School Districts (SB 188) Fails
SB 188, the bill that would have required additional reporting by school districts of information already publicly available and would have included a fine of $1,000 per day that a district was not in compliance, failed to pass the House on February 5th. Thank those who voted no (61): Alcala, Alford, Anthimides, Ballard, Becker, Billinger, Boldra, Bollier, Burroughs, Campbell, Carlin, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Concannon, Curtis, Dierks, Doll, Edmonds, Ewy, Finney, Francis, Frownfelter, Gallagher, Garber, Gonzalez, Helgerson, Henderson, Henry, Hibbard, Highberger, Hill, Hineman, Houston, Jennings, Kuether, Lewis, Lusk, Lusker, Moxley, Ousley, F. Patton, Rooker, Ruiz, Sawyer, Schroeder, Schwartz, Scott,...
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