Voting for the constitutional amendment to force the election of our Supreme Court Justices was a vote against public education. The courts have been absolutely essential in protecting public education funding in our state, and legislators cannot have been ignorant of that. It was not a vote to give the...
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Thank Rep. Roeser and others that stood firm against SCR 1611
Please thank Rep. Roeser if you live in the Manhattan area. Although we lost the vote it’s important to recognize legislators who stand up to pressure from leadership and do the right thing. “Roeser said in an interview with The Mercury that she got a lot of pressure from fellow...
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No comments Kansas Supreme Court gives up jurisdiction of school funding case
“The Kansas Supreme Court late Tuesday agreed to give up oversight of the landmark school funding case that was decided four years ago. The court ruled in favor of Attorney General Kris Kobach’s motion to give up jurisdiction of the case, saying that the state met its legal obligation to...
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No comments Kris Kobach wants to end the lawsuit keeping Kansas public schools funded. Awful idea
We oppose Kobach’s request for the court to end its jurisdiction over the Gannon case. “History shows that when Kansas legislators are left to their own devices, they fall back on bad habits that underfund the state’s community and neighborhood schools. That is a particular danger now, when the Republicans...
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