Lawmakers split over restoring welfare funding in Kansas
Douglas County legislators clash on how to finance a 13.9 million plan to restore welfare programs cut this year. The bill would extend MediKan and General Assistance, delay AFDC cuts, and raise foster care funding while debating bond financing versus tax shifts and windfall repeal.
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House of Representatives
Mike Hayden
Senate
Hayden
David Miller
R-Eudora
Douglas County
John Solbach
Jessie Branson
Betty Jo Charlton
Lawrence
Charlton
David
Miller
Branson
Solbach
Regents
House panel weighs Owen case effects on ethics rules
In Topeka the House subcommittee heard a deputy attorney general urge the Public Disclosure Commission to notify the attorney general when an investigation begins. Ed Van Petten argued this could avoid time limits and ensure robust prosecutions in cases like Dave Owen, a former lieutenant governor linked to illegal campaign donations. The panel plans a unified ethics bill to extend statutes of limitation, while stressing the need for an apolitical PDC and avoiding political entanglements.
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Topeka
Dave Owen
Public Disclosure Commission
House
Owen
Republican Party
Mike Hayden
Johnson County
Edward van Petten
House Subcommittee On Ethics
van Petten
Commission
Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
Tim Shallenburger
R-Baxter Springs
Robert Stephan
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