Budget debate targets help for low income children in Kansas
The Torpedo A House committee endorsed a 2005 social services budget of 2.33 billion by the Appropriations Committee, up 7.6 percent, with expanded medical services for Kansans but scaled back Smart Start funding. Rep Brenda Landwehr cried as she urged shifting funds from Smart Start to family preservation to keep children out of foster care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Appropriations Committee
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Brenda Landwehr
Landwehr
Wichita
State of Kansas
Appropriations Panel Proposes SRS Budget Increase
The House Appropriations Committee outlines the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services budget. Current spending stands at 2.164 billion dollars, with 2005 projections of 2.329 billion dollars. The proposed increase amounts to 164.9 million dollars, a 76 percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House I Appropriations Committee
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Democrat McKinney defends education debate in online chat
In a Kansas online chat, House Democratic Leader Dennis McKinney defends Gov. Sebelius’s school funding proposal and says debate should begin now. He notes GOP delays, cites need for cross‑party coalitions, and backs concealed carry, a same sex marriage ban amendment, and expanded gambling with caveats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
House
Dennis McKinney
Kathleen Sebelius
McKinney
Greensburg
Ljworld.com
Sebelius
Doug Mays
R-Topeka
Johnson County
Senate
Kansas
Senate approves private prison bill for Kansas
Kansas Senate approved a bill 26 to 13 to permit private prisons with regulation by the Department of Corrections and state contracts covering up to 90 percent of the cost. The measure, backed by Atty. Gen. Phill Kline, requires county voter approval and first use of space in county jails. Kansas prisons were at 99.3 percent capacity with 9,182 inmates in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEKA
Phill Kline
Kansas
House
Kline
Senate
Department of Corrections
Texas
Joint Committee On Corrections and Juvenile Justice
el Dorado
Yates Center
Secretary of Corrections
Kansas Legislature Highlights Debates And Acknowledgments
Highlights from Thursday at the Kansas Legislature include tentative House support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and a bill to allow concealed carry, though not veto proof. A social services budget debate preceded acrimonious passage, while the Senate backed private prisons and a fetuses as persons bill. Dodge City and Salina officials urged $1.03 billion education funding increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
House
Senate
Dodge City
Salina
Kansas House OKs concealed weapons bill faces veto risk
Kansans could obtain concealed carry permits starting January for a $150 fee if 21 and a citizen, with training. The House approved 78 to 45, nine votes short of a veto-proof margin, as Gov. Sebelius favors only retired law enforcement permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Oks
Toreka
Senate
Kathleen Sebelius
Journey
R-Haysville
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
SRS
States
Tabacen
By Scott Rothschild Srothschild
Capitol
Pittsburg State University
The
Kansas Legislature
Associated Press
Tom Sloan
Lawrence
Lee Tafanelli
Ozawkie
Barbara Ballard
Paul Davis
Tom Holland
Baldwin
Sen
Phil Journey
Howard Pine
Acme
North Lawrence
East Turnpike Exchange
Gor
Pine’s Garden Center
Dening Country
Easture
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!