![]() ![]() The Republican attorney general urged lawmakers to pass a bill by March 15 Kelly called on them to do it by Thursday. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled last year that funding isn't sufficient, and the state must tell the court by April 15 how it fixed the problem. ![]() The lack of movement on school funding raises the most questions about whether lawmakers are dawdling too much. But the first big votes on a wide range of big issues - including school funding, Medicaid expansion and even abortion - aren't coming until after the second half starts next week. Top Republicans began a long weekend Thursday by arguing that lawmakers' annual 90-or-so-day session is not unusually sluggish and that committees have laid a foundation for key debates in March and early April. Despite Republican supermajorities, an income tax relief bill that GOP leaders consider an urgent priority hasn't cleared both chambers. And the GOP-dominated Legislature doesn't just appear to be slow-walking new Democratic Gov. ![]() (AP) - Kansas lawmakers have hit the halfway point of their annual session and they haven't had a hearing on a Medicaid expansion plan or pushed an education funding bill out of committee in the face of a court mandate to boost spending on public schools. Kansas Lawmakers Struggle over School Aid, Medicaid, Taxes ![]()
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