Syndicated to Kansas newspapers April 17, 2017
Still two weeks before the Legislature returns to Topeka, so the Statehouse is virtually empty of lawmakers…a few stopping in to check the mail or maybe just hoping to find a lobbyist to take them to lunch.
But this next two weeks are all about what is necessary in the legislative wrap-up session, what is possible, and whether we’ve seen enough sparring to determine who’s going to do it.
That what is necessary, of course, has two components—putting together a budget and putting together a school finance formula that the Kansas Supreme Court has demanded by July 1.