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Topeka Capital-Journal
House Democrats said Tuesday they had formally filed a complaint against Rep. Aaron Coleman, of Kansas City, Kan., to jumpstart the expulsion proceedings to boot the controversial lawmaker from office.
The move comes after Coleman, who unseated longtime incumbent Democrat Stan Frownfelter in the August partisan primary election, announced earlier in the day that he would change his registration from Democrat to independent.
House Democrats have refused to give Coleman committee assignments and have even taken the extraordinary step of denying him office space, something he has vocally opposed on Twitter.
That culminated in the party switch, which Coleman announced to the public Tuesday morning.
The Kansas Legislature will kick off its session Monday afternoon for what is sure to be a session like no other. Following off an unprecedented year and amid a pandemic, there will be many issues lawmakers will have to tackle.
With a supermajority, Kansas Republicans will have a massive say in what will be brought up or not. Here are seven major issues that could be of noteworthy attention.
State budget
The state’s multi-billion-dollar spending document is always tough to wrangle, but that difficulty will be magnified this year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and its corresponding effect on state finances.
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