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Democratic Leaders In Congress Want More Power For Regulators Over High Gasoline Prices
“Big oil has profited in this (and) has exploited the market.”
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Kansas Legislature's Late-Night Surge Covers Sports Betting, Budget, KPERS And COVID-19
Lawmakers to return in late May for closing bell of 2022 session.
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Kansas Legislature Passes Bill To Fund Public Schools And Allow Open Enrollment
Mega bill combines finance with more than a dozen policy provisions.
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House Passes Compromise Sports Gambling Legislation; Bill's Fate Rests With Senate
Proposal builds on controversial casino gambling law adopted in 2007.
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Biden Asks Congress For $33 Billion For Ukraine Aid, Pleads Again For COVID Funds
Biden also asked for the federal government to sell off assets seized from sanctioned Russians to help fund the Ukrainian war effort.
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Kansas Democrat Threatens To Recruit Parents To Sue Schools For Lack Of Honest History Lessons
Rep. Valdenia Winn denounces as ‘a ploy to capitalize on the national manipulation of some parents’ anxieties’
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House, Senate Prepare For Votes On Compromise Sports Wagering Legislation
Proposal builds on controversial gambling law adopted in 2007.
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Legislature Sends Governor Invitation For Kansas To Join Autonomous Vehicle Revolution
Kelly may hit brakes after last month’s veto of driverless electric delivery bill.
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Kansas Senate Backs Gradual Elimination Of Sales Tax On Food By 2025
Democrats push for immediate elimination.
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Kansas House Overrides Veto Of Bill Tying Food Assistance To Employment Or Job Training Program
Senate needs two-thirds vote to complete override.
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Education Bill Gets Committee Green Light, Awaits Full House And Senate Vote
A compromise was reached to fully fund schools, allow open enrollment across districts and enact more than a dozen other policy provisions.
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Kansas Voters To Decide Constitutional Amendment Question On Election Of County Sheriffs
Measure applies to 104 counties statewide, with Riley County the lone exception.
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Report: Kansas Agricultural Exports Top $5 Billion For First Time In Decade
The wheat state’s leading agricultural exports last year were meat at $2.06 billion, cereals at $1.51 billion and oilseed at $626 million.
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Omnibus Education Policy, Budget Bill Creeps Toward Finish Line In Kansas Legislature
A divide over special education funding remains.
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Kansas Senate Overrides Veto Of Legislation Creating Parental Bill Of Rights For K-12 Education
Process shifts to House where landing a two-thirds majority might be elusive.
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Congress Expands Brown V. Board Of Education Historic Site Beyond Kansas
The House passed the bill by voice vote, with no member raising an objection.
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Legislature Delays Negotiations Of $4 Billion Kansas Medicaid Contracts Until 2023
Bill also restricts governor’s authority to close churches during emergency.
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Equality Kansas Asks House Leadership To Discipline Representative Over Hateful Email
Rep. Cheryl Helmer described Rep. Stephanie Byers as a “huge transgender female.”
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Legislature Deflects Democrats' Maneuvering On Clergy Reporting Mandate, Food Sales Tax
GOP majorities reject attempts to pull reform measures out of committee.
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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42
The decision has brought condemnation from Republicans and pushback from some members of Biden’s own party.
