School finance countdown: 71 days.

Monday’s highlights

• A bill restricting the sale of over-the-counter products that can be used to make illegal methamphetamine got hung up in a Senate committee. Senators couldn’t agree on the degree of restrictions and decided to revisit the issue in a couple of weeks.
• The Kansas Association of Public Employees filed complaints against two state agencies, alleging officials were trying to intimidate employees to keep them from joining KAPE or participating in union activities.

Quote of the day

“These folks need to have the courage to say that the convenience of a chain pharmacy outweighs the safety of Kansans.”

— Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, R-Independence, complaining that chain pharmacies were working behind the scenes to weaken an anti-methamphetamine bill

Today’s schedule

More than 150 university students from across the state are scheduled to lobby lawmakers during State Education Day.

9 a.m.: The House Tax Committee will have a hearing on a bill approved by Senate that repeals the recent law that applies sales taxes on used car sales to “blue book” value.