- Rules tighten on TANF recipients
- May 1, 2013
- Low-income mothers in Kansas will have to participate in a work program sooner after giving birth to receive cash assistance, according to new rules implemented by the Kansas Department for Children and Families. By Scott Rothschild
- Mediation in school finance case unsuccessful
- May 1, 2013
- Mediation in the Kansas school finance lawsuit “was unsuccessful,” attorneys on both sides of the case said Wednesday. By Scott Rothschild
- Kansas Action for Children criticizes Brownback’s plan to divert funds from children’s endowment
- April 30, 2013
- Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed taking $9.5 million from an endowment fund set up to pay for early-childhood programs and transferring that to the state’s all-purpose general fund to help balance the budget. Advocates for children are unhappy with the proposal. By Scott Rothschild
- Brownback proposes using bioscience funds to pay for adult stem cell center at KU
- April 29, 2013
- Gov. Sam Brownback on Monday released a budget amendment that includes funding for a new adult stem cell center at the Kansas University Medical Center.
- New law allowing innovative school districts produces questions
- April 28, 2013
- Kansas has a new law that will allow a maximum of 29 school districts to seek designation as “innovative,” which will make them exempt from certain state laws. Supporters of the law say it will remove bureaucratic rules that get in the way of teaching. But opponents say the law is unnecessary because school districts already have a lot of room to innovate. By Scott Rothschild
- Governor: Higher education deserves to avoid cuts
- April 27, 2013
- Gov. Sam Brownback said Friday his administration has pushed Kansas’ higher education system to take on additional work and that legislators should protect funding for state universities and colleges because they’ve “stepped up aggressively” to meet rising expectations.
- Media campaign launched to lobby governor on behalf of those with developmental disabilities
- April 26, 2013
- Advocates announced on Friday a campaign urging Gov. Sam Brownback to exclude long-term care services for those with developmental disabilities from KanCare. By Scott Rothschild
- Turnpike leader Johnston is leaving
- April 26, 2013
- Michael Johnston, the president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Turnpike Authority, who was thrust into the middle of a political battle this legislative session over control of the turnpike, announced on Friday he will retire from his position. The announcement came one week after Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law a bill that would make his appointed secretary of transportation also the director of operations of the Turnpike Authority, which oversees the 236-mile Kansas Turnpike. By Scott Rothschild
- Legislators question paying more for NBAF
- April 25, 2013
- In past years, elected officials in Kansas have been nearly unanimous in support of the proposed $1.15 billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to be located near Kansas State University in Manhattan. No longer. On Thursday, several members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee voiced concerns about the cost and safety of NBAF, a federal biosecurity lab that will conduct research on deadly animal diseases and develop measures to protect the nation’s food supply. By Scott Rothschild
- Lawrence school board taking independent lobbying stance
- April 24, 2013
- After a public split with the Kansas Association of School Boards earlier this year over collective bargaining rights, the Lawrence school board is planning to lobby more independently in the future. But the board hasn’t yet talked about hiring its own lobbyist. By Peter Hancock
- KU officials dispute cash balance list circulated by House Republican leaders who want to cut higher ed
- April 24, 2013
- House Republican leaders who are calling for higher education to take a 4 percent state budget cut say that public universities are sitting on $422 million in various funds that could be redirected to pay for other expenses. But Kansas University officials on Wednesday disputed the meaning of the cash balance list circulated by top GOP officials in the House. By Scott Rothschild
- Brownback signs into law bill establishing adult stem cell research and treatment at KU Medical Center
- April 22, 2013
- The center will be charged with working on adult stem cell, cord blood and related stem cell research, providing therapies to patients and serving as a clearinghouse for physicians on cutting-edge treatments. By Scott Rothschild
- Opponents of drug testing for welfare benefits see it as hassling the poor; Brownback says it will help
- April 21, 2013
- By next year, applicants for welfare and unemployment benefits who are suspected of taking illegal drugs will be tested, and if they fail the test they will lose their benefits. Some groups see this as mean-spirited hassling of the poor, but Gov. Sam Brownback and supporters of the new law say it will help break the cycle of poverty because those who fail will be required to take substance abuse and jobs training. By Scott Rothschild
- It’s official: Brownback signs bill saying life begins at fertilization
- April 20, 2013
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed sweeping anti-abortion legislation Friday, giving his state a new law to block tax breaks for abortion providers, ban sex-selection abortions and declare that life begins “at fertilization.”
- Brownback administration cites more savings from KanCare, wants to use funds for those with disabilities
- April 19, 2013
- Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration on Friday announced that its recent privatization of Medicaid is saving more than expected, and it wants to use those savings to provide services to people with disabilities and help pay for a new education building at the Kansas University Medical Center. By Scott Rothschild
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