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Brownback Signs Tax Cuts Law In Statehouse Ceremony
The bill would cut top individual income tax rates for 2013 and eliminate income taxes for the owners of 191,000 businesses.
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Kansas Lawmakers Approve Bill On Higher Education
Kansas legislators want to provide more help for college students who struggle academically, but without having the state pay for remedial courses at its universities.
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Brownback Orders Flags Lowered In Honor Of Rep. Bethell
The state representative died in a car crash Sunday night.
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Senate Adopts New Kansas Budget Position
Friday's 32-6 vote sent the Senate plan to the House, where leaders have signaled they're unlikely to consider it.
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Kansas Senate Blocks Debate On Cutting Income Taxes
The Senate voted 21-18 Friday against removing a procedural hurdle to debating the measure.
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Kansas Senate Majority Leader Remains Hospitalized
Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler remains hospitalized because of high blood pressure.
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Bill To Increase Senior Age For Hunting, Fishing License Goes To Governor
The bill approved Thursday by the Kansas House and Senate would increase the age to qualify for free hunting and fishing licenses from 65 to 75.
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Kansas Tax Cuts Appear To Be Unraveling
The proposal drafted by House and Senate negotiators is not aggressive enough.
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New Kansas Congressional Redistricting Plan Emerges
A new plan for redrawing Kansas congressional districts has emerged in the Kansas House.
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Legislators Tie School Funding To Tax Cut Compromise
House and Senate negotiators continue talks on a $14 billion budget.
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Brownback To Sign Apology For Segregation
The governor is preparing to sign a proclamation apologizing for years of state-sanctioned segregation.
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Senate To Vote On Pension Bill
The bill is designed to bolster the long-term financial health of Kansas' pension system for teachers and government workers.
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Kansas Budget Negotiators Resume Talks
Negotiators from the Kansas House and Senate are back at work on a new state budget.
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Legislators Include New Arts Commission Funding In Budget Proposal
Both chambers have included $700,000 for a new Creative Arts Industry Commission, formed by a merger of the state's Arts and Film Services commissions.
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Kobach Asks Federal Court To Settle Redistricting
Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking a federal court to settle political redistricting issues for the Kansas Legislature.
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National Group Encourages Letters Against Kansas Shriah Law Ban
The Council on American-Islamic relations is asking Kansans to contact Gov. Sam Brownback, asking him not to sign a bill preventing decisions based on foreign legal codes.
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Senate Leader Predicts Redistricting Bill Will Pass Tuesday
However, passage likely will not break a stalemate with GOP conservatives in the house.
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Kansas Budget Talks Resume With Much Work Remaining
Kansas legislators have agreed on several minor spending items as they try to complete work on the 2013 state budget.
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Lawmakers Reject Immigration E-Verification
A proposal to require government contractors in Kansas to use the federal E-Verify database to ensure employees aren't illegal immigrants won't survive legislative negotiations over the state budget.
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Kansas Lawmakers Pass Anti Shariah Law Measure
A bill designed to prevent Kansas courts or government agencies from relying on Islamic Shariah law or other foreign legal codes has cleared the state Legislature.
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Controversy Erupts Over Domestic Violence Contract
Some Kansas senators are criticizing proposed changes to a contract for groups that serve domestic violence victims.
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Legislature Likely To Miss Deadline
The Kansas Constitution calls for 90-day session in even-numbered years unless each chamber votes to extend the session. This year's deadline is Friday.
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State Budget Negotiations Begin
Negotiations are under way on the final version of the 2013 Kansas budget as legislators seek a compromise on the $14 billion spending bill.
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Kansas House Approves Property Tax Classification
Wednesday's 103-21 vote sends the measure to the Senate.
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Tax Definition Bill Gets First Round Approval In House
The bill is aimed at giving legislators more time to determine what constitutes real and personal business property.
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Legislators, Brownback Honor Kansas State's Snyder
Kansas State University football coach Bill Snyder continues to pick up honors for the Wildcats' successful 2011 football season.
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Negotiators Eye Work On Kansas Budget
Budget negotiators are expecting to resolve most of their differences over spending priorities in the 2013 Kansas budget by the Legislature's Friday deadline.
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Report: Kansas Tax Plan Helps All
The plan reduces individual income tax rates, phases out income taxes for 191,000 businesses and other businesses, and drops the state's sales tax to 5.7 percent.
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House To Take Final Vote On Citizenship Proof Bill
The measure would impose a proof-of-citizenship requirement for first-time voter registrants June 15.
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House Conservatives Plan To Push Ahead With New Senate Map
Conservatives say a bipartisan map drafted by Senators is aimed at keeping that chamber's moderate leadership in power.
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Kansas House Members Oppose UN Resolution
Three Kansas House members are pushing a resolution opposing a 20-year-old United Nations initiative that encourages nations to adopt environmentally sustainable development.
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Final Senate, House Votes On Tax Cuts Expected Wednesday
Republicans and Democrats remain split on the proposals.
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AG's Office Pays $628,000 To Outside Lawyers For Anti-Abortion Laws
The lawyers, including a Wichita firm, were paid to defend laws enacted last year.
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House Revives Kobach Voter-Citizenship Plan
House members gave the measure first-round approval Tuesday on a 67-53 vote and expect to take final action Wednesday.
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House Budget Debate Will Likely Focus On Priorities
The latest proposal includes more money for social services.
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Kansas House Taking Final Vote On Anti-Abortion Bill
The bill was adopted by an 88-31 vote on Monday in the House. It would prohibit Kansas taxpayers from claiming abortion expenses under a deduction for medical costs when filing their income taxes.
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SRS To Increase Funding For Domestic Violence Victims
The agency will offer $2 million in grants directly to the state's community domestic violence centers
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Kansas House Ducks Debate On Smoking Restrictions
The Kansas House has ducked a debate on loosening the state's restrictions on smoking in public places.
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Lawmakers Advance Abortion Restrictions Bill
The bill is aimed at preventing the state from indirectly subsidizing abortions.
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House To Debate Senate Redistricting Plan
House members will hear testimony Friday on a plan similar to one that failed to gain enough votes to pass the Senate.
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Kansas Woman Files Lawsuit Over Redistricting
A Kansas woman has filed a federal lawsuit over the state Legislature's failure so far to redraw the state's political boundaries.
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Kansas Lawmakers Revise Tax Cuts
Kansas House and Senate negotiators have revised a tax-cutting plan to address concerns about possible future budget problems.
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State Senator Plans Push For Pension Changes
A Republican senator says he will push fellow members of the Senate to endorse his plan.
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Kansas Senate Passes Abortion Bill, Sending It To Brownback
A bill giving more legal protection to Kansas health care providers who refuse to participate in abortions is on its way to Gov. Sam Brownback.
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New Figures Show Bigger Kansas Deficit
The new figures from the Legislative Research Department project that the tax plan would create a budget shortfall of $161 million by July 2018.
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Bill Seeks To Allow Smoking In Kansas Bars
Kansas banned smoking in most private businesses in 2010.
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Lawmakers Approve Plan To Join Arts, Film Commissions
The Kansas House has sent Gov. Sam Brownback a measure establishing a new arts group that merges separate arts and film services.
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House OKs Grandparents Rights In Custody Cases
The Kansas House has approved a compromise bill involving the rights of grandparents in custody cases.
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Bill To Expand Dental Hygienists' Roles Approved
A bill designed to help overworked dentists in urban and rural clinics is on its way to Gov. Sam Brownback's desk.
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Senate Rejects Bill To Cut Senior Discounts
The Kansas Senate has rejected a bill that would have eliminated discounts to the state parks for senior citizens and the disabled.
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