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This Weekend Events
Saturday 2/11/12 • Rep. Ward will be participating in a legislative forum with Jean Schodorf, Steve Brunk and Pete DeGraaf before the Sedgwick County Association of Counties – City Arts 334 No. Mead at 9:00 a.m. • Rep. Ward … Continue reading
NPR story on independent oversight of Medicaid Privatization
Link to National Public Radio story on Rep. Ward’s bill to have independent oversight of Medicaid Privatization.
Rep. Ward introduces KanCare Accountability Act
In a continuing effort to ensure that any overhaul of the Kansas Medicaid system is implemented safely and deliberately, Rep. Jim Ward has introduced the KanCare Accountability Act. The KanCare Accountability Act – House Bill 2573 – provides independent oversight and transparency … Continue reading
Ask Your Legislator
Rep. Jim Ward will be discussing the Governor’s property increase and his risky changes to the public education funding formula on the KPTS Channel 8 program “Ask Your Legislator. The program will air on February 5th from 5:30 to 6:00 … Continue reading
Proposal protects developmentally disabled
State Rep. Jim Ward introduced legislation this week that will exempt the most vulnerable Kansans from efforts to privatize state Medicaid services. Ward’s proposal, House Bill 2457, would keep the developmentally disabled waiver population as part of KanCare’s managed care … Continue reading
Governor’s tax proposal draws new questions from lawmakers
Story posted on Kansas.com questions the costs of Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax propsal. Projections now show the plan, which decreases individual income tax rates while axing many deductions and credits, would cost nearly $90.million in the 2013 fiscal year. That … Continue reading
Democratic Rebuttal to Governor’s State of the State
House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, along with other democrats offered an alternative to Gov. Sam Brownback’s school finance reform plan Tuesday. Speaking in front of a few hundred K-5 students at Topeka’s Lowman Hill Elementary School, Democratic leaders outlined … Continue reading
Boeing Turns Back on Wichita
This is a very sad day for Wichita and Kansas. It is heartbreaking that 2,100 highly skilled workers lost their jobs today. It is outrageous we will not be getting the 7,500 jobs promised by Boeing when they got the Tanker contract. … Continue reading
Legislative Forum
More than 150 people attended a legislative forum Tuesday night to let law makers know their top priorities. Members of the local Occupy Wall Street movement made up a large portion of the crowd. Participants gave lawmakers their ideas, concerns … Continue reading
Capital Report
2012 Kansas Legislative Preview Audio Report from Representative Jim Ward
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