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Kansas House Preparing To Consider Gun Rights Bill

The bill also would prohibit using state tax dollars to lobby local, state or federal officials on the issue.
Higher Ed Spending Key Issue In Kansas Budget Talks

Proposed cuts in spending on higher education is a key issue for Kansas legislators as the House and Senate attempt to reconcile their differences on the state budget.
UPDATE: Kansas Lawmakers' Talks On Taxes At Standstill

Negotiations among Kansas legislators on tax issues are stalled amid bickering between Republican leaders in the House and Senate.
IRS Probe Ignored Most Influential Groups

The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in the midst of the 2012 presidential election season that an internal investigation was underway.
Education Provision Muddies Kansas Budget Talks

Several conservative legislators have argued that Kansas can't afford the price of implementing the standards, or the strings that may be associated with following them.
Kansas GOP Senators Not Budging Much On Sales Tax

Republican Senate leaders aren't budging much on lowering the state's sales tax in July as part of a plan that also cuts income taxes.
Kansas Moves To Enact Law On Lobbying On Gun Issues

Kansas lawmakers are close to approving limits on the use of state tax dollars to lobby federal, state or local officials on gun control issues.
UPDATE: Kansas Budget Negotiations Abruptly Halted

Negotiations on the Kansas budget for the next two fiscal years have come to an abrupt halt after senators demanded a final offer from the House that could lead to ending the 2013 session.
House Chairman Sees IRS Errors As Part Of Pattern

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party and conservative groups seems to be part of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation by the Obama administration.
Top Kansas Dem: Staffer Faces Discipline Over Tweets

House Minority Leader Paul Davis said Thursday that he'll take an unspecified "course of administrative action" against Tyler Longpine, his director of special projects.
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