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Lawmakers Clash Over State Employee Pay Raise
Democrats blamed House Speaker Doug Mays for a smaller 1.25 percent raise while Mays framed it as a compromise. The wrap-up session weighed school finance amid a Kansas Supreme Court dispute, with Republicans pushing a $127 million school increase. Lawmakers sparred over timing, court arguments, and potential property tax effects on districts.
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House
Doug Mays
Topeka
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Mays
Hensley
Kansas Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Jim Ward
Wichita
Wratil
O'Neal
Janis Lee
Kensington