Tag: Kristey Williams
Education panel denies Legislature’s COVID spending plan
The Kansas State Board of Education parted ways with the Legislature Wednesday when it agreed not to spend $9 million in federal COVID-19 relief...
School choice bills advance to full House, Senate
Legislation expanding a program that subsidizes private education by exchanging state tax credits for private school scholarship donations is advancing to the full House...
Sunday Reader: Billboard flap; Mood of Kansas businesses
Good morning everyone:
It was wall-to-wall coverage of Aaron Coleman and the House race for District 37 last week.
Can't remember a time when one race...
Lawmakers block Kelly’s property tax proposal
Lawmakers are blocking Gov. Laura Kelly's plan for reducing property taxes because of skeptics who think it won't have much impact.
The House Appropriations Committee...
House GOP committee sets new fundraising mark
The political arm of the Kansas Republican House caucus pulled in $209,000 in 2019, the first time party leaders say that much was raised...
House agrees to Senate school finance plan amid tense negotiations
After three days of sometimes testy and confrontational negotiations, House lawmakers agreed to accept the Senate's plan for funding public education to satisfy a...
Senate negotiators offer education finance plan; talks break off
A day of back-and-forth negotiations ended climactically Tuesday as Senate negotiators agreed to some education accountability measures if the House accepted their school finance...
Senate starts education talks with House, sticks firm to school financing...
Senate negotiators remained steadfast in support of their school finance proposal as talks started Monday to hammer out a funding plan to satisfy the...
Sunflower Sunday Reader: School funding dispute; Williams out at RHCC; Same-day...
Good afternoon, everyone:
The Legislature has gotten off to somewhat of a sluggish start, with the major issues so far being a second committee created...
Sunflower Sunday Reader: Voting site breakthrough in Dodge; Politicians can’t block...
Good day everyone:
Hope you have power to see this post today. We don't have electricity, which means we have left our powerless headquarters in...
