Abortion bill signs cools Kansas GOP primary heat
Gov Bill Graves signed the abortion regulation bill amid mixed reactions, saying politics were not a factor. The move defused sting in the August primary and complicated the stance of social conservatives and moderates alike while signaling abortion will stay a political issue in future sessions.
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OPERA
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Bill Graves
Kansas
Graves
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Peggy Bowman
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Kansans For Life
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Steve Abrams
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Graves vetoes KPERS COLA funding and tobacco litigation bills
Gov. Bill Graves vetoed a 28.3 million appropriation for a 3 percent COLA for KPERS retirees hired before July 1 1993, proposing a 15 year amortization. He also struck a provision to force Attorney General Carla Stovall to renegotiate tobacco litigation contracts, warning it could harm the state's lawsuits.
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Kan
Bill Graves
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Carla Stovall
Kansas’ Public Employees Retirement System
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Kansas
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