by Mike Lear | Jun 17, 2013 | Education, News
Legislative attempts to set in state statute how school districts should define and deal with bullying have come and gone for another session without a bill being passed. The key dividing issue remains whether to allow schools to enumerate, or to list groups of...
by Mike Lear | Apr 25, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
A contract between the Department of Social Services that came under fire from House Republicans has been restructured. The contract with Boston-based Public Consulting Group outlined how it would look for people receiving state assistance that could be shifted to...
by Mike Lear | Apr 10, 2013 | News
The House has sent the Senate legislation to have school districts add discrimination to anti-bullying policies. The proposal sponsored by Representative Sue Allen (R-Town and Country) says those policies should bar bullying on school grounds, at school events and on...
by Mike Lear | Feb 26, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
A House budget subcommittee has rejected including federal money for Medicaid expansion in the budgets for the Departments of Mental Health, Social Services and Health and Senior Services. Representative Judy Morgan (D-Kansas City) proposed a return to Governor Jay...
by Mike Lear | Jan 30, 2013 | News
House Republican Budget Leaders say they will begin work on the next state spending plan without including about $164 million dollars found in the Governor’s budget proposal. Of that, $46 million is projected new tax revenue and savings resulting from Medicaid...
