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A review of the day’s action in Topeka; updated daily during the legislative session.
- Under the Dome: July 15, 2010
- Let the voting begin; Are these primary elections really all that important?
- Under the Dome - May 14, 2010
- Session closes; we sigh with relief! - School finance in the budget - Teacher attacks - Now we turn our attention to the new House-the one YOU will elect in November
- Under the Dome - May 11, 2010
- House passes tax bill!; Senate adopts last education conference committee report; Out today?
- Under the Dome - May 10, 2010
- House kills SB 74, KPERS pass-through for LOB; Senate concurs in House budget!
- Under the Dome - May 8, 2010
- House pulls all-nighter - Debate ends in big win for Dem/Mod coalition; What's on tap; House passes budget on final action - Coalition stays strong; KPERS pass-through;House, Senate say NO to second all-nighter - They'll be back Monday
- Under the Dome - May 7, 2010
- House debating budget; We'll be watching until the end!
- Under the Dome - May 6, 2010
- House in, House out, House in, House out, House in - Budget debate finally -- Senate passes tax package to support budget!; What's in store now?
- Under the Dome - May 5, 2010 Part Three
- House comes back in, adjourns for the night; Budget delayed; Senate debates, approves a budget
- Under the Dome - May 5, 2010
- House votes not to advance budget bill
- Under the Dome - May 5, 2010 Part Two
- House gavels in, recesses; Senate kills attempt by Ty Masterson to cut student weightings; Education Conference Committee works higher ed bills
- Under the Dome - May 4, 2010 Part Three
- House budget debate ongoing
- Under the Dome - May 4, 2010
- Education Conference Committee at a stalemate?; House Ed Budget Committee finds new way to increase LOB money; Full House debates sales tax exemption bill...again; Senate Ways and Means adjusts budget and tax bills
- Under the Dome - May 4, 2010 Part Two
- Could be a long day in the House - Budget, School finance changes, Taxes up for debate; Senate in and out
- Under the Dome - May 3, 2010
- Senate drafts tax bill - Ways and Means Committee packages just enough money to come out even; Oops - It was enough when they voted it out, but later that day...
- Under the Dome - April 30, 2010
- Senate drafts tax bill; Ways and Means Committee packages just enough money to come out even
- Under the Dome April 29, 2010
- We couldn't have put things any better so today we let State Representative and retired KNEA member Ed Trimmer (D-Winfield) fill you in on what's at state in this veto session.
- Under the Dome April 27, 2010
- Kansans for Quality Communities calls for tax increase in capitol press conference; Post Audit releases two more "effeciency" studies
- Under the Dome April 22, 2010, AM
- Ways and Means: Day Three; Two education issues, Budget bill finalized mid-afternoon, Tax bill started, ended without resolution; Appropriations gets their chance beginning today
- Under the Dome April 20, 2010
- Ways and Means continues plowing through budget; Might have been hard to fill a vending machine today!; Kansans for Quality Communities releases open letter to legislators
- Under the Dome April 19, 2010
- Budget Committee reporting for duty; New study says cuts to services will cause more economic harm than a sales tax increase
- Under the Dome March 31, 2010
- Continuing Conbtract notice date change adopted; Catastrophic Aid: the other all-consuming issue; So far ... no tax increase, no budget, no cuts; What are YOU going to do about it?
- Under the Dome March 30, 2010
- New compromise on notice date worked out; Catastrophic Aid conference committee report done; A new education mega-bill in the works
- Under the Dome March 29, 2010
- Legislators mess with delicate compromise on notice date; Will the legislature break tomorrow?
- Under The Dome March 24, 2010
- House approves Senate Bills 362 and 359 on final action
- Under the Dome March 23, 2010
- House defeats change to probationary period; Catastrophic aid advances
- Under The Dome March 22, 2010
- When is a cut an increase? - House School Funding Bill Released; House may take up due process bill tomorrow - Let your legislator know the bill is a bad idea
- Under The Dome March 18, 2010
- House Ed Committee deals with catastrophic special education aid; House Appropriations Committee balances budget on education, state employees, KPERS; Senate Tax Committee ignores need: caves to AFP and Koch Industries; Kansas Economic Progress Council Blasts Kansas Policy Institute, AFP, Kansas Chamber of Commerce
- Under The Dome March 17, 2010
- House Ed Committee Republicans send bill gutting teacher rights to full House; Those who love law and sausage should never see either one made
- Under the Dome March 16, 2010
- House takes up tax measures on the floor; House Education Budget Committee set to take up the 2011 education budget;Large Crowd of Education Supporters Rally at the Capitol
- Under the Dome March 15, 2010
- Senate Ed takes up consolidation bill; Senate Ways and Means considers tax examption clean-up; House Select KPERS Committee takes up KPERS payments for furloughed employees; Senate Tax Committee may be getting close to a proposal
- Under the Dome March 12
- Chappell wants to close most of Kansas school districts; budget and tax discussions underway
- Under the Dome March 10, 2010
- KPERS bill heard, Consolidation "stick" removed," Proud parent
- Under the Dome March3-4, 2010
- House Education Committee begins special ed aid discussions...and passes consolidation bill, House Ed Budget hears bill declaring all new teachers expendable for five years, Senate Ed hears from Post Audit Committee on consolidation, special ed aid
- Under the Dome March 2 2010
- Relatively quiet day in Education Committees; House Ed Budget considers bill changing continuing contract law; Tomorrow - making it easier to balance the budget on the backs of teachers
- March 1, 2010 Under the Dome
- Catastrophic Aid debate; Attacks on teachers continue
- Under the Dome February 26, 2010
- House Advances PEAK act expansion; KPERS Committee looks at beefing up contributions
- Under The Dome February 25, 2010
- House Ed Committee examins consolidation bills; Senate Tax talks about taxing authority for tech colleges; Senate Ed opens hearing on massive revisions to school finance; House floor consumed with smoking ban debate
- Under the Dome Feb. 19, 2010
- House done before noon - Five Education Bills Passed; Senate has spirited debates on texting while driving and the death penalty- No Education Bills on Their Agenda Today; Turn Around means a little break
- Under The Dome February 18, 2010 Early Edition
- Under The Dome February 18, 2010 Early Edition
- Under the Dome Feb. 17, 2010
- 355 continuing contract goes to final action tomorrow; LPA on tax exemptions; Turn-around!
- February 16, 2010 Under the Dome
- Tax cut moratorium dead; Catastrophic aid; Ed Budget in Senate; Continuing Contract; Commentary by Blake West
- Under The Dome February 15, 2010
- Sales tax exemption hearing still going on; Senate Ed takes up catastrophic aid bills
- Under the Dome - Feb. 12, 2010
- Supreme Court will not hear school funding lawsuit; House Tax Committee still hearing about sales tax exemptions
- Under the Dome Feb. 11, 2010
- Tax Exemptions; Capital Outlay
- Under The Dome February 10, 2010
- Retirees: Last Rites for your last rights - Vratil gets committee to strip retirees of notice date; Committee also monkeys with continuing contract law for all other teachers; Houst Tax Committee passes out expansioin of corporate tax breaks
- Under the Dome February 9, 2010
- Senate Ed Committee to vote on bills attaching continuing contract tomorrow!; House Tax Committee continues hearings on tax policy; Senate Tax Committee hears yet another sales tax examption; A few school funding bills getting hearings
- Under the Dome Feb 8, 2010
- Tax cut moratorium; New audits on consolication, KPERS; Teacher pay on inclement weather days
- February 4, 2010 Under the Dome
- PEAK tax cut to expand? House Committee passes last 2010 budget adjustment
- Under The Dome February 3, 2010
- New tax exemption hearing pulled from agenda; LPA recommends dropping some students from at-risk funding; Catastropohic aid debate highlights winners and losers; Speaker O'Neal lead attorney in law suit against the state?
- Under The Dome February 2, 2010
- Ways and Means begins budget contemplation; Debate of catastrophic proportions may come to Senate Ed tomorrow!
- Under The Dome February 1, 2010
- Senate Ed examins two bills to diminish teacher rights; Retirees have one right left. Should we take it away?; Do economic conditions demand diminished rights?; With state budget in intensive care, Wichita legislator proposes pulling the plug
- Under The Dome January 28, 2010
- Tax Committee hears bill on "simplifying taxes"; Senate Ed to take on continuing contracts; Student journalists flood the capitol!
- Under The Dome January 27, 2010
- House Tax kills sales tax increase; seeks more corporate tax cuts; Senate debating budget bill
- Democrats to Republicans: Okay, you hate the Governor's plan, so what's your alternative?
- Democrats to Republicans: Okay, you hate the Governor's plan, so what's your alternative?
- A long day of mostly recess
- A long day of mostly recess
- Kansas Chamber demands continued tax cuts!
- Kansas Chamber demands continued tax cuts!
Speaker O'Neal agrees
- Ways & Means subcommittee on education continues their hearing on 2010 budgets
- Ways & Means subcommittee on education continues their hearing on 2010 budgets
- January 20, 2010 Under the Dome
- Senate tax mind change, Tax hearing, School finance fix?, Post audits
- Under the Dome Jan 13, 2010
- More on Gov's budget; Lawsuit group moves forward; Session underway
- January 8, 2010 Under the Dome
- Kansans for Quality Communities formed to defend vital services
- December 22, 2009 Under The Dome
- Merry Christmas, Moderates. Now, go away!
- December 16, 2009 Under The Dome
- Committee meeting this week; Pensions and Benefits; Ways and Means
- November 24, 2009 Under the Dome
- More Ed cuts made; KSD, KSB, Regents not spared; Chappell & Corkins on the attack; Kaufman tells it like it is
- November 6, 2009 Under the Dome
- More bad budget news; Tax speculation; Continued attacks on KPERS
- October 13, 2009 Under the Dome
- Committees discuss tax receipts, consolidation, and KPERS
- August 27, 2009 Under the Dome
- Appropriations talks school cuts, KPERS under attack? Hutchinson joins lawsuit group
- Under the Dome
- Certificates approved; Trying out the "Blame Game"
- Under the Dome - Governor's News Conference
- Governor Parkinson forced to make cuts
- Under the Dome
- A review of the last session of the Kansas Legislature
- May 8-9, 2009 Under the Dome
- Session ends with coal, taxes, LOB, and KPERS
- May 7, 2009 Under the Dome
- Big Budget Bill Win! Send your thank you notes!
- May 6, 2009 Under the Dome
- Critical vote may come tomorrow! Where is the outrage?
- May 5, 2009 late Under the Dome
- Senate passes responsible budget; House Appropriations passes terrible budget
- May 4, 2009 Under the Dome
- Mostly recess; Budget rumors abound; Tax Committee to meet yet today
- May 5, 2009 Under the Dome
- House rejects O'Neal's budget! KNEA/USA/KASB press conference decries cuts
- April 30, 2009 Under the Dome
- Parkinson calls for "shared sacrifice," House committee says only state employees and agencies need sacrifice
- April 24, 2004 Under the Dome
- What are the BSAPP trends? What will happen under the two budget plans? Where is the LOB relief?
- April 23, 2009 late Under the Dome
- Senate finishes budget bill; Governor vetoes sales tax exemptions
- April 23, 2009 Under the Dome
- Senate considering revenue; trying to minimize cuts
- April 22, 2009 Under the Dome
- House Appropriations endorses deeper cuts to education
- April 21, 2009 Under the Dome
- More cuts to education?
- April 17, 2009 Under the Dome
- Revenue estimates down; Sebelius calls for revenue solutions; 2010 Commission and Merit Pay
- April 6, 2009 Under the Dome
- Conference Committee Reports; Where finance stands; What's next?
- April 1, 2009 Under the Dome
- No action yet on ed bills; Open letter to teachers from Rep. Paul Davis
- March 31, 2009 pm Under the Dome
- Dyslexia adopted; KPERS to conference; Ed Conference not done yet
- March 31, 2009 Under the Dome
- Senate adopts 2010 budget
- March 30, 2009 Under the Dome
- Ready to Rumble! That darn structural problem!
- March 26, 2009 Under the Dome
- Budget conference done! Yoder cuts in!
- March 25, 2009 night Under the Dome
- Budget conference to start; High Drama in the House! Minimum wage passes!
- March 25, 2009 mid day Under the Dome
- Budget; Negotiations Act; Sales tax; Student counts; Minimum wage; KPERS
- March 24, 2009 part 2 Under the Dome
- Senate adopts budget with K-12 Governor's budget amendment!
- March 24, 2009 Under the Dome
- House passes budget with Yoder cuts to K-12; Senate debate on now!
- March 23, 2009 Under the Dome
- House fails to overturn Yoder cuts; debate on-going
- March 20, 2009 Under the Dome
- Senate Committee okays budget; Lots of challenges - are you up for it? More amendments & more tax cuts!
- March 19, 2009 Under the Dome
- Budget under debate (NOW!) House vote on Monday! Last bills emerge! School tax renewed in Senate!
- March 18, 2009 Under the Dome
- Can a cut be an increase? More budget amendments. Ways and Means Budget tomorrow.
- March 17, 2009 Under the Dome
- Yoder demands more cuts to Education!
- March 16, 2009 Under the Dome
- Quiet day today - Big day tomorrow! Contact your Rep tonight!
- March 14, 2009 Under the Dome
- Rep. Brunk resurrects TABOR! Will bad ideas never die?
- March 13, 2009 Under the Dome
- Ways & Means adopts K-12 budget! KNEA Open Letter to Legislators; Senate okays bargaining at KSD, KSB!
- March 12, 2009 Under the Dome
- K-12 budget still under debate; dyslexia and epi-pens move on; second count date
- March 11, 2009 Under the Dome
- Two more budget hurdles coming up; Dyslexia & Epi-Pens; Salaries for KSD, KSB
- March 10, 2009 Under the Dome
- Yoder: rethink K-12? House Ed: 5 bills! Senate Ed: PNA @ KSD,B! Bad Capital Outlay?
- March 9, 2009 Under the Dome
- Appropriations Committee adopts budget report using stimulus money!
- March 6, 2009 Under the Dome
- Ed Budget scheduled for Monday! Contact your legislators NOW!
- March 5, 2009 Under the Dome
- Yoder skips Ed budget! Hearings on at-risk funding, negotiations, and wages
- March 4, 2009 Under the Dome
- House Ed hears mandates; Will House reject federal stimulus money?
- March 3, 2009 Under the Dome
- Senators support Gov's budget; Bad tax policy; More hyper-partisan behavior
- March 2, 2009 Under the Dome
- Property tax limit hearing over; House Committee adopts Gov's budget for education!
- February 27, 2009 Under the Dome
- Governor's 2010 budget amendment uses stimulus money to preserve schools!
- February 26, 2009 Under the Dome
- Ed budget for 2010 hearing; Prop K still being debated; Community College tax levy limit
- February 25, 2009 Under the Dome
- Part two starts! All funding and taxes this week!
- February 20, 2009 Under the Dome
- Turn-around! Minimum wage roll call
- February 19, 2009 Under the Dome
- More unfunded mandates; Minimum wage hike passes Senate
- February 18, 2009 Under the Dome
- Bills moving; Hostage crisis over!
- February 17, 2009 Under the Dome
- Governor uses line item veto for schools; KASB/KNEA on several bills
- February 16, 2009 Under the dome
- O'Neal and Morris - No income tax refund for you!
- February 13, 2009 Under the Dome
- Representative O'Neal gets mad at teachers
- February 12, 2009 Under the Dome
- House adopts CCR on 2009 budget cuts; More cuts to come in 2010; Open letter from Rep. Paul Davis to educators
- February 11, 2009 Under the Dome
- Voucher bill in House Ed; Calendar bill in Senate Ed; Spending bill in Appropriations
- February 10, 2009 Under the Dome
- Dyslexia bill hearing
- February 9, 2009 Under the Dome
- Budget conference almost over; big cuts for K-12 this year
- February 6, 2009 Under the Dome
- Budget negotiations halted; no decision on K-12 cuts
- February 5, 2009 Under the Dome
- House passes school cuts; School medical aide contemplated
- February 4, 2009 Under the Dome
- House Budget Cuts; Non-renewal dates; LOB hold harmless; KNEA/USA lobby day
- February 3, 2009 Under the Dome
- Small school bills; LOB held harmless; Who's raising taxes? CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE!
- February 2, 2009 Under the Dome
- Yoder plan to gut schools up for a vote; A little less equity?
- January 30, 2009 Under the Dome
- Appropriations Committee votes to gut education; Posny meets with 2010 Commission
- January 29, 2009 Under the Dome
- Senate passes 2009 budget; US House passes stimulus package
- January 28, 2009 Under the Dome
- Senate leadership plan goes down to Democratic alternative!
- January 27, 2009 Under the Dome
- Rules change bad for policy; The Estate Tax; Federal Economic Stimulus
- January 26, 2009 Under the Dome
- Senate Committee passes deep cuts to education!
- January 23, 2009 Under the Dome
- Business WILL help! No movement on budget. TELL YOUR STORY!
- January 22, 2009 Under the Dome
- Budget in the House! TELL YOUR STORY! Business refuse to help Kansas!
- January 21, 2009 Under the Dome
- Budget work slows down; TELL YOUR STORY!; Tax Committee
- January 15, 2009 Under the Dome
- Is there a legislative process? Speaker suggests potential for more cuts.
- January 14, 2009 Under the Dome
- Governor's Budget: K-12 Education not spared!
- January 13, 2009 Under the Dome
- State of the State on Education; New Democrat in the House
- Jan. 9, 2009 Under the Dome
- Pensions Committee on working after retirement
- January 7, 2009 Under the Dome
- Federal economic stimulus package could help our schools. Contact Gov. Sebelius!
- Please vote Nov. 4
- KNEA encourages everyone to vote in this important election.
- Under the Dome (and in the Voting Booth)
- KNEA encourages you to vote! One vote DOES make a difference.
- Under the Dome, Sept. 12, 2008
- KNEA President speaks to 2010 Commission; KNEA a big part of NEA's Republican outreach program
- Under the Dome
- Check here for daily updates while the Legislature is in session.
- The Latest: Under the Dome
- House passes school finance; Senate passes school finance!
- May 2, 2008 am Under the Dome
- KPERS bonus check; No school finance yet
- May 1, 2008 Under the Dome
- KPERS COLA out of the House; Virtual schools passed; Tax Woes
- April 17, 2008 Under the Dome
- Revenue picture gets worse; Remember that economic development report
- April 4, 2008 Under the Dome
- Legislature adjourns; No action on last school bills
- April 3, 2008 Under the Dome
- Conference Committee almost done; reports being adopted
- March 28, 2008 Under the Dome
- Drop Dead Day - In the House, In the Senate
- March 27, 2008 Under the Dome
- Immigration reform through union busting; lots of floor action
- March 25, 2008 Under the Dome
- Censorship bill back! TAKE ACTION!
- March 24, 2008 Under the Dome
- Virtual schools; More on the floor; College text costs
- March 20, 2008 Under the Dome
- Funding bill; minimum wage; virtual schools
- March 19, 2008 Under the Dome
- Virtual schools; obscenity amendment set aside; KPERS COLA?; Budget; NCLB
- March 18, 2008 Under the Dome
- House ed in action; KPERS innaction; Senate ed in action
- March 14, 2008 Under the Dome
- Disasters/Alt Certification; Virtual Schools; Passing the House
- March 13, 2008 Under the Dome
- Obscenity! Immigration! Consolidation!
- Under the Dome March 11, 2008
- House Ed working hard; KNEA on recruitment & retention; Obscenity amendment on Thursday!
- March 10, 2008 Under the Dome
- Alternative Licensure; Virtual schools; Non-profits and sales taxes
- March 7, 2008 Under the Dome
- Quiet Friday in House Ed until...; Ed Budget Committee; Talking KPERS
- March 6, 2008 Under the Dome
- Sales Taxes; Senate Bills in House Ed; Cyber-bullying; High School football
- March 5, 2008 Under the Dome
- House Ed Subcommittees; Immigration debate; AFP: Americans for POVERTY
- February 29, 2008 Under the Dome
- HB 2870 goes down to defeat; consolidation bill status
- February 27, 2008 Under the Dome
- Censorship amendment; Slow dismantling of collective bargaining; On the floor
- February 26, 2008 Under the Dome
- House Ed seeks dismantling of teacher pay
- February 25, 2008 Under the Dome
- Alternative licensure; Illegal immigration
- Februray 22, 2008 Under the Dome
- Consolidation and at-risk funds; Six Ed bills out of Senate
- February 21, 2008 Under the Dome
- Bonus bill, Accountability for tax cuts?, Ed bills in Senate, What's next?
- February 20, 2008 Under the Dome
- Will we let just anyone teach? Healthy weight education, No ban for DUIs
- February 19, 2008 Under the Dome
- Working like mad! Minimum wage! Fourth year funding! Cost of living! Losing money!
- February 15, 2008 Under the Dome
- Virtual Schools; Help for Emporia & Second Count Date; New Bills: Good & Bad
- February 14, 2008 Under the Dome
- Continuing Contract Axed in Senate, House starts attacks on teaching, Dyslexia bill hearing
- February 13, 2008 Under the Dome
- Consolidation; Post Audits; KSDE Budget; Minus $187 Million; DUI
- February 12, 2008 Under the Dome
- Coporate Income Tax, Special Ed Funds, Early Childhood, and Child Care Licenses
- February 11, 2008 Under the Dome
- Child care, Early Childhood, Education Budget, Huckabee Wins Kansas
- February 6, 2008 Under the Dome
- New House Bills; Kindergarten & Disasters; Democrats Done - Republicans Saturday!
- February 5, 2008 Under the Dome
- Post-disaster funding; Special education funding; Get Thee to A Caucus, GO!
- February 4, 2008 Under the Dome
- Autism, Virtual Schools, Energy and School Construction, Caucus Tomorrow!
- Under the Dome Feb 3, 2008
- Kansas Democrats get ready for Super Tuesday!
- January 31, 2008 Under the Dome
- Continuing contract law; High Density at-risk; Wide open child care licensure
- January 30, 2008 Under the Dome
- Tax testimony; Special Ed Funding, KSDE & 2010 Reports; Kansas Academy of Math & Science
- January 29, 2008 Under the Dome
- New bills keep coming; ROTC in the Senate; Taxes and Workforce; Lobby Days begin
- January 28, 2008 Under the Dome
- KNEA members in the capitol; Will Senate repeal continuing contracts?
- January 25, 2008 Under the Dome
- Committee talk; Minimum wage; How to caucus
- January 24, 2008 Under the Dome
- Updates and more updates; Taxes and fewer taxes; Know your candidates
- January 23, 2008 Under the Dome
- Special Ed; Taxes; and a special presidential candidate comparison!
- January 15, 2008 Under the Dome
- State of the State and How to help pick the next President
- Under the Dome: Jan. 10, 2008
- Ready to go! The 2008 Legislative Session Preview!
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