Graves' bills on lobbyists and belts face tough odds
Topeka AP Gov Graves pushes bills to require monthly lobbyist freebies reports, annual itemized disclosures, and tighter seat belt and gun sale rules. House alters proposals, Senate undecided, weapon seizure bill dead, open records reform being refined. several campaign and disclosure measures advance in varied forms.
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Bill Graves
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Kansas to revisit prescription drug aid for seniors
Kansas legislators debate a bill HB 2814 to fund a state prescription drug program for seniors. The proposal, praised for long term cost savings versus nursing home care, faces renewed committee review after a prior setback. Governor Graves supports a seniors trust fund funded by extra federal dollars. party and health panels weigh its path.
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House Health and Human Services Committee
Robin Jennison
House
Jennison
R-Healy
Bill Graves
Department On Aging
House Appropriations Committee
Graves
Health and Human Services Committee
Washington
Clinton
Congress
Kansas
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Ink.org
Jennison weighs allowing fee debate in Stovall case
Speaker Robin Jennison hasn't decided if the House will debate a resolution to cut fees paid to Carla Stovall's former law firm Entz and Chanay. The panel awarded the firm 27 million dollars from a 54 million overall award for tobacco litigation.
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Topeka
Robin Jennison
House
Carla Stovall
Stovall
Shawnee County
Entz and Chanay
Kansas
House Taxation Committee
Susan Wagle
Wichita
Entz and
Chanay
Jennison
Wagle
Tax Committee
Bill aims to keep more kids at home in Kansas
In Topeka, a Kansas bill from Saint lawmakers would cut the number of children removed from homes and placed in state custody by redefining child in need of care. The measure, backed by SRS, would allow non-abused children to remain with their families and creates a community services fund. Gov Graves proposed 5.1 million for it, while foster care funds lag by about 15 million. About 1,800 children in custody last year faced no abuse or neglect.
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Senate
Ways and Means
SRS
Bill Graves
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
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