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Governor: Kansas agencies resuming normal operations in June
By JOHN HANNAMay 12, 2021 GMT
In this photo from Friday, April 16, 2021, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters following an event at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly has announced that state government agencies will resume normal operations starting the week of June 13, 2021, after months of having many employees work remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
In this photo from Friday, April 16, 2021, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters following an event at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly has announced that state government agencies will resume normal operations starting the week of June 13, 2021, after months of having many employees work remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas legislative session recap: What happened, what didn t happen and why it matters Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star
May 10 TOPEKA Kansas Republican lawmakers went home last week having accomplished much of what they set out to do in January.
Wielding the more conservative supermajority they won in the 2020 elections, they overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly s vetoes to achieve long-sought victories on tax cuts and gun rights. They set up a vote next year on amending the state constitution to open the door for new limits on abortion.
The GOP lost two big culture war battles school choice and a ban on transgender athletes in K-12 and college sports for girls and women but kept the issues alive for 2022.
By JOHN HANNA
AP Political Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) â Kansas legislators on Friday easily approved a bipartisan measure boosting education spending to what was touted as full funding for public schools while also making more students eligible for private school scholarships.
The Republican-controlled Senate approved the measure, 35-4, and the GOP-controlled House passed it, 107-9, sending the package of dollars and policy changes to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Almost all of the no votes came from conservative Republicans.
The governor signaled that she would sign the bill by publicly taking credit for it. Kelly, facing a potentially difficult 2022 reelection race, said she had âdelivered on education, and did right by our kids. The bill would increase aid to the state s 286 school districts by 5.3%, to $5.2 billion.
GOP drops choice plan in Kansas school funding debate
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer
May 6, 2021
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1of5Kansas state Sens. Molly Baumgardner, left, R-Louisburg; Renee Erickson, center, R-Wichita, and Dinah Sykes, D-Lenexa, huddle during talks with the House over the final version of school funding and education policy legislation, Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Their talks are under way even though Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly have not struck a deal on education issues.John Hanna/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Kansas state Rep. Kristey Williams, R-Augusta, follows comments from senators during negotiations between the House and Senate over education funding and policy, Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Williams is the chair of a House committee on education spending and is working to tie funding for public schools to proposals to help some parents send their children