House to vote today on Kan Ed technology network
The Kansas House will vote to approve creating a statewide education technology network linking 304 school districts 28 education services centers and 330 libraries to Kan Ed. The plan would use existing phone and cable resources for high speed Internet and interactive video though funding remains uncertain.
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Carol Crapper
Harris
Topeka
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Kan-Ed
Tanner
Laura McClure
D-Osborne
McClure
House Budget Committee
Bill Graves
Ward Loyd
Garden City
Loyd
Compromise Sought On Lobby Bill In Topeka
In Topeka Gov Bill Graves calls for lobbyists to reveal which lawmakers receive freebies. Senate approves a strengthened disclosure bill 40 to 0 after major rewrite and sends it to the House for conference. House twists Graves plan into a broad ban on freebies by a 102 to 13 vote and aims to craft a compromise acceptable to both chambers.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
House
Senate
Senate Presi
Dent Dick Bond
Overland Park
Graves
Chamber
Robin Jennison
Water bank proposal gains irrigation water rights market
Harris News Service reports the Kansas House Environment Committee backed a pilot water banks bill. Landowners could lend or lease water rights for irrigation, creating a market that incentivizes conservation, with prices set by regional demand and overseen as pilot projects through 2001.
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Harris News Service
Topeka
House Environment Committee
Richard Wenstrom
Kinsley
Water Protection Association of
Central Kansas
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Nism
Wenstrom
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Division of Water Resources
McKinney
Laura McClure
D-Osborne
Senate
Senate defeats partial-birth abortion ban in Kansas
The Kansas Senate rejected an 18-21 vote to ban partial-birth abortions except when two doctors deem risk to the woman's life. Supporters, led by Sen Harrington, pushed to attach the ban to a fetal tissue bill, while Gov Graves seeks explicit language protecting life and health broader. The House previously killed the measure, and lawmakers weigh next steps before adjournment.
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Topeka
Senate
Nancey Harrington
Harrington
House
Goddard
Bill Graves
John Wratil
Wratil
Leawood
Tony Powell
Powell
Wichita
Pat Ranson
Dave Kerr
Hutchinson
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