Tag: Jim Denning
UPDATED: Abortion amendment defeated; Medicaid expansion threatened
(Updated to include comments from Senate majority leader and Planned Parenthood president)
Abortion opponents' drive to overturn a historic state Supreme Court decision that found...
UPDATED: Refinancing of retirement system payments defended
(Updated to correct that the governor wants to end the existing nonrefundable food sales tax credit and replace it with a refundable tax credit)
Gov....
UPDATED: Governor, Senate majority leader roll out Medicaid plan
(Updated with more reporting, including comments from Democratic and Republican legislators and data show increasing insurance rates on the exchanges. Also contains link to...
UPDATED: Democratic leadership takes on GOP Medicaid bill
(Updated to reflect new comments from Denning)
The volume of the Medicaid expansion debate turned up a notch Thursday when Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley...
GOP senators demand budget director withdraw testimony
A group of key Republican lawmakers is demanding that the state budget director withdraw testimony critical of the Senate's Medicaid expansion plan.
Republican members of...
Lawmakers, budget director tangle over Medicaid plan
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration on Wednesday opened up a line of attack against the Republican Senate plan for expanding Medicaid.
In what might have been...
Senate Medicaid plan advances but faces opposition
The slow legislative slog toward expanding Medicaid in Kansas started Wednesday when Senate Republicans for the first time offered up a plan to compete...
Senate Medicaid plan starts falling into place
The Senate plan to expand Medicaid is starting to fall into place, giving supporters hope that 2020 will be the year the Legislature extends...
Sunday Reader: Party change trends; Emerging tax dispute
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UPDATED: Senate majority leader’s defamation lawsuit dismissed
(Updated to include comment from Rose)
A judge on Tuesday dismissed Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning's defamation lawsuit against newspaper columnist Steve Rose.
Johnson County Judge...
