The Legislative Session Has Begun!

The 2012 session officially kicked off yesterday at 2:00pm.  That means Senators and Representatives from your home town will spend the next 4-5 months taking hearings, proposing legislation and spending the majority of their time at the Statehouse.  Governor Sam Brownback will deliver his “State of the State” address at 6:30pm on January 11^th.  The Brownback Administration has ambitious plans for the session, including:

•  Expand managed care to Medicaid system
• School finance reform
• Tax reform
• Drawing new lines for legislative districts

An additional hot topic will be the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System.  Legislators will act in response to a recommendation that all new state employees be placed in an alternate plan.


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