(UPDATED to included amendment added that requires vote ratifying pay raise)
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday turned aside an effort to blunt the cost of a pay increase for lawmakers that's set to start next year.
Republican state Sen. Rob Olson of Olathe tried unsuccessfully to raise salaries for lawmakers to $150 a day from the current level of $88.66 a day.
His proposal was far less than what an independent commission recommended last summer.
He tried to attach it to the state's proposed $25.1 billion budget, but it was rejected on aSSJ
