Lawmakers weigh in on raises for state employees
Kansas lawmakers debate boosts for state workers amid a multiyear pay freeze. Senators supported raises if funding exists, with proposals centering on 2 percent statewide increases and 6.5 percent for classified staff, while fiscal constraints and unsettled funding loom large. The debate includes judiciary staff pay considerations and ongoing budget shortfalls for 2018.
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Topeka
Senate Budget Committee
Dan Kerschen
Kerschen
Garden Plain
Ways and Means
Carolyn McGinn
Kansas Legislative Research Department
Sam Brownback
Kansas Highway Patrol
McGinn
Laura Kelly
Civil Service System
Kelly
Kansas Organization of State Employees
Brian Wood
Wood
House
Senate
Jim Denning
Overland Park
Denning
National Center For State Courts
Kansas Court
Kansas Judiciary
Brownback
Think-tank slams Kansas Medicaid expansion proposal
Think-tank representatives from the Cato Institute and allied groups denounce House Bill 2044 expanding KanCare to as many as 150,000 low income Kansans. They warn of a seven year $730 million cost, tax increases, and little gain for the poor while federal funding tapers.
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Topeka
Cato Institute
Foundation For Government Accountability
Americans For Prosperity
House
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Michael Tanner
Washington, D.C
Senate
Kansas Policy Institute
Tanner
U.S
Gregg Pfister
The
ACA
U.S. Congress
Donald Trump
Melissa Faust
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