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Members of the Senate Ways and Means subcommittee on KHPA/SRS concluded their work on the agencies' budgets Wednesday. Pictured left to right are Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka; staffer Amy Deckard; Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedgwick, the subcommittee chair; and Sen. Vicki Schmidt, R-Topeka.
Published on March 10, 2010
Phil Bradley, a hospitality industry lobbyist, was among those testifying against an increased tobacco tax Wednesday in the Senate Assessment & Taxation Committee.
Published on March 10, 2010
Advocates for the disabled demonstrated at the Statehouse on Tuesday and Wednesday, planting white, wooden crosses on the lawn and handing our fliers to people pulling into the underground parking garage. Those dressed in black costumes are Shannon Cox. center, and Zach Davis of the Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy. With them is Stephanie Sanford of the Kansas Association for Independent Living.
Published on March 10, 2010
SB 567 would levy a tax of 1 cent per teaspoon of sugar in soda pop and other sweetened drinks.
Published on March 10, 2010
Richie Bazurto, Modia Evans, Rachel Perkins, left to right, wait to testify before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee. The three are active in the Kansas Youth Advisory Council, a Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services-sponsored organization designed to give teenagers a voice in setting foster care policies. Evans and Perkins aged out of the state’s foster care system; Bazurto remains in foster care.
Published on March 10, 2010
Rep. Kay Wolf, R-Prairie Village
Published on March 10, 2010
KHPA Executive Director Andy Allison appearing before the Ways and Means subcommittee that is preparing his agency's budget.
Published on March 9, 2010
Rep. Marvin Kleeb, R-Overland Park
Published on March 9, 2010
Hearings on a bill to increase the tobacco tax produced a standing-room-only crowd in the Senate Assessment & Taxation Committee on Tuesday.
Published on March 9, 2010
Rep. Richard Carlson, R-St. Marys, chairman of the House Taxation Committee.
Published on March 8, 2010
Gov. Mark Parkinson, a Democrat, lambasted the Republican-led Legislature for granting $9 billion in tax cuts and breaks over the past several years, mostly for the benefit of the "wealthy and well connected."
Published on March 8, 2010
Rep. Arlen Siegfreid, R-Olathe, makes the case for HB 2682 in the House Taxation Committee.
Published on March 5, 2010
Senate Pres. Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, left, and Senate Vice Pres. John Vratil, R-Leawood, said $300 million in tax increases will be necessary.
Published on March 5, 2010
Gov. Mark Parkinson, a Democrat, went on the attack against the Republican-dominated Legislature, saying it had given away $9 billion in tax cuts since the mid 1990s mostly for the benefit of the "wealthy and well connected." Listening in the background are Rep. Eber Phelps, D-Hays, left, and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka.
Published on March 5, 2010
Shannon Cotsoradis of Kansas Action for Children
Published on March 4, 2010