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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 to g...

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...

Conservatives signal support for medical marijuana But just minutes into the debate, it became clear how opinions on the matter have shifted. Rep. Blake Carpenter, R-Derby, who carried the bill on the House floor, noted he would have been lining up in opposition just a couple of years prior. But following the birth of his daughter, his perspective began to change.  “If medical marijuana could help her, wouldn’t I do everything I could as a parent to make her life better?” Carpenter said.” I think many of us in this room would do the same for their loved ones.”

Abigail Censky, Kansas News Service photo by: Esther Honig/Harvest Public Media The medical marijuana bill passed 78-42 on an initial vote in the Kansas House Thursday, May 6, 2021. TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas took its first major step toward legalizing medical marijuana Thursday when the conservative Republicans who dominate the state House passed a bill that tracks a national trend and bucks federal law. Kansas-style legalization would regulate everything from patient access to cannabis advertising. The historic floor debate stretched on for nearly five hours, laying bare divisions among Rep...