| You are receiving this email because of your interest in Dodge City Daily Globe. If you don't want to get this newsletter, Click Here | | | | | | | | SUBSCRIBE FOR ALL ACCESS | | | | | | Kansas GOP Legislature, Democratic governor ready to rumble on K-12 school aid | Gov.-elect Laura Kelly and the revamped Kansas Legislature are preparing for another colorful rendition of school house rock. When the session begins next Monday, a Democratic governor and the Republican-controlled House and Senate will answer the Kansas Supreme Court's call for an inflation adjustment to state aid to K-12 schools. |
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| | | | Capitol Insider: Kansas Chamber’s agenda heavy on tax, spending reform | Kansas' most influential business lobbying organization plans to descend on the Capitol with an agenda for the 2019 Legislature and Gov.-elect Laura Kelly that features unorthodox and familiar policy ideas. Eric Stafford, the Kansas Chamber's primary lobbyist, and Alan Cobb, president and CEO of the Kansas Chamber, rolled through the organization's agenda highlights for an episode of Capitol Insider, a podcast of The Topeka Capital-Journal and GateHouse Kansas. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Southwestern Kansas lawmakers prep for session | State Sen. John Doll and state Reps. John Wheeler and Russ Jennings sat before local elected officials, board members, health professionals and other community members recently at the year's first Legislative Coffee, a monthly forum where southwest Kansas constituents can discuss issues with their elected representatives. |
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| | | U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts to retire, won’t seek re-election in 2020 | MANHATTAN - U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, an unapologetic Republican and champion of Midwest agriculture, said this past week he wouldn't seek a fifth term and intends to retire at close of a 40-year career representing Kansas in Washington, D.C. | | | Sen. Pat Roberts praised as ‘shining example’ who served Kansas interests | The announcement by Sen. Pat Roberts that he plans to retire at the close of his term prompted an outpouring of gratitude for his decades of service from congressional colleagues and Republican leaders. | | | Larry Campbell being retained by Laura Kelly as Kansas’ chief budget officer | Chief budget officer Larry Campbell will continue serving in that role in the administration of Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly. | | | Pat Roberts swept elections in Kansas, brandished authority and humor | | Sen. Pat Roberts arrived at the Kansas State Fair in September 2014 with worries that his political future could be in jeopardy.Before stepping into the notoriously rambunctious arena in Hutchinson for a debate with independent challenger Greg Orman, Roberts overhauled his campaign staff and embraced a strategy that involved answering nearly every question with gratuitous references to Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate Majority Leader.Roberts paid little attention to the heckling crowd. As the debate neared an end point for the radio broadcast, the savvy political veteran realized he could deprive Orman of final remarks."I knew that we had X number of seconds left, and I knew that he had probably 30 to 45 seconds left if I quit talking, so I just kept going," Roberts recalled in a conversation last year. "I just kept going, and then I ended with another Harry Reid deal, and he started to talk and (the moderator) said, 'We're out of time.' " | | | Gov. Colyer’s final executive order rescinds drought declaration | After a wet fall and early winter, Gov. Jeff Colyer signed an executive order rescinding the drought declaration he made in September 2018. | | | State Rep. Joe Seiwert favors more efforts to reduce deer crashes | State Rep. Joe Seiwert, R-Pretty Prairie, has frequently advocated in the Statehouse for action to reduce the threat of deer-vehicle crashes and said that remains a concern. |
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