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Democrats cautioned they were heading back to the atrophied years of tax cuts that defined the era when Sam Brownback was governor. “I worry that we always seem to flirt with the same problem that we had with the last recession in 2008 when we came back and gave tax cuts,” Sen. Tom Hawk, a Manhattan Democrat said, “ and then our state did not recover as rapidly as those around us.” But Caryn Tyson, the Republican chair of the tax committee, said that was just “gloom and doom.” “That’s money that’s going to come back into the Kansas economy,” Tyson said, “not be used t...

Democrats cautioned they were heading back to the atrophied years of tax cuts that defined the era when Sam Brownback was governor. “I worry that we always seem to flirt with the same problem that we had with the last recession in 2008 when we came back and gave tax cuts,” Sen. Tom Hawk, a Manhattan Democrat said, “ and then our state did not recover as rapidly as those around us.” But Caryn Tyson, the Republican chair of the tax committee, said that was just “gloom and doom.” “That’s money that’s going to come back into the Kansas economy,” Tyson said, “not be used to g...

After a dramatic series of twists and turns, a major school choice expansion in Kansas was shot down Friday in the Kansas Senate, with legislators now forced to find a path forward on funding the state's public schools. The legislation narrowly passed the Kansas House on Friday but hit a snag in the Kansas Senate. Ultimately, supporters were unable to overcome skepticism from moderate Republicans over a sweeping new school choice program allowing families to use public per-pupil funding for private school tuition. Democrats and some Republicans have argued the structure of Senate Bill 17...

After dramatic debate, Kansas lawmakers shoot down school choice expansion Andrew Bahl, Topeka Capital-Journal © Rafael Garcia/The Capital-Journal Sitting at separated tables, the student winners of each Manhattan Catholic Schools classroom's spelling bee wait their turn at the schoolwide spelling bee Jan. 27, 2021. After a dramatic series of twists and turns, a major school choice expansion in Kansas was shot down Friday in the Kansas Senate, with legislators now forced to find a path forward on funding the state's public schools. The legislation narrowly passed the Kans...

Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, R-Wichita, announced Wednesday that he will relinquish some of his leadership duties a day after his booking, and eventual release, in connection with driving under the influence and fleeing law enforcement after he was found driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 in downtown Topeka. The move was made "out of respect for Senate leadership, my Republican colleagues, and the entire Kansas Senate," Suellentrop said in a statement. He will step aside from the day-to-day functions of his job until "matters that I am currently dealing with are resolved." "...