Kansas Senate Advances Bills on Firearms and Renewable Mandate
Kansas senators debated and passed several measures including HB 2578 on expedited processing of restricted firearm transfer applications. A renewable energy mandate to 20 percent by 2020 was repealed in a Senate vote 25-14, with critics warning higher future bills. Other actions covered net metering rules, infant abandonment locations, Medicaid payment timelines, corporate tax incentives, and K 12 funding reforms. Caryn Tyson of Parker represents the 12th District.
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Senate
Kansas
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Revenue
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Political leaders contact list for Kansas officials and U S senators
A compiled contact directory for national and state government figures in Kansas and Washington. Includes addresses, phone numbers and official emails for President Obama, Rep Jenkins, Sen Roberts, Sen Moran, Gov Brownback, AG Schmidt, and state legislators Finch Jones and Tyson.
Free Market Energy Debate Letter to Senator Tyson
A Kansas constituent argues against Senate Bill 433 to repeal renewable energy standards. The writer criticizes the claim of a free market arbitering energy choices, cites coal's hidden costs, and urges reading Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment findings. They challenge the senator's stance and emphasize externalized costs of coal and environmental impacts.
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Sen
Caryn Tyson
Senate
Kansas
Center For Health and the Global Environment
Harvard Medical School
Readers urge honest vote on education funding and free markets
A reader argues Kansas lawmakers misstate free markets, cites ALEC ties and proposed tax credits, and urges Caryn Tyson to speak truthfully. The letter stresses a $129 million public education funding shortfall, GOP plans with anti-education provisions, and the need to protect public schools while resisting private, for profit schooling.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Paul Davis
R-Lawrence
Ship
Marc Rhoades
Rhoades
R-Newton
Commissioner of Education
American Legislative Exchange Council
ALEC
House
Senate
Board of Education
Kansas
McDonalds
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Mark Parkinson
Sourcewatch.org
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Parker
Franklin County
Barack Obama
White House
Washington, D.C
Whitehouse
U.S
Lynn Jenkins
Longworth House
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Washington
D.C
Roberts.senate.gov
Jerry Moran
Russell Senate
Moran
Kansas State Capitol
10Th Ave
Ste. 241S
Topeka
Derek Schmidt
Memorial Hall
10Th Street
Ksag.org
Blaine Finch
Blaine.finch
Kevin Jones
Kevin,jones
Caryn, Tyson
The
Ottawa Herald
Herald
Zou
NCAA
the Herald
Ottawaherald.com
S. Cedar St
Ottawa
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