Note: Reposted from KNEA’s website. The WHLF supports a healthy and robust KPERS system that honor’s the service of state employees. “We were told to come up with a plan that makes KPERS sustainable and what little we’ve suggested doesn’t make it sustainable. It will cost more than our current law, not reduce the unfunded…
Tag Archive: Kansas Legislature
Wichita Eagle Story: At town hall, groups vow to fight Brownback on taxes.
Last week we asked for your support to attend the town hall summit on the effects of Kansas budget cuts hosted by Big Tent Coalition and Kansans for Quality Communities. Over 80 people turned out to tell dramatic stories about the effects of crumbling social services and public education. The Wichita Eagle has great coverage:…
Town Hall Meeting on Kansas Budget’s Impact on our Community Scheduled for 11/29
Two statewide coalitions representing a broad cross-section of Kansans are sponsoring Town Hall Meetings across the state in November, including on Thursday, November 29 in Wichita. The Big Tent Coalition is an association of organizations and individual advocates who believe in enhancing choices for Kansans with disabilities, seniors and those with mental illness. Kansans for…
William Rogers: “Meet us at the gang box….we are ready to go to work!”
Wichita / Hutchinson Labor Federation Vice-President William Rogers of IBEW local 661 gave a moving speech this weekend at a rally for jobs. It is presented here in it’s entirety. We are here today because Kansans want to go to work! I know Governor Brownback is a career politician and knows little of real work. Gov….
Its Over… For Now.
At 6 AM on Friday morning the Kansas Legislature adjourned after an all-night, marathon wrap-up to close out the 2011 session. Both houses worked through the night to pass a budget for 2012 that was more focused on indiscriminately cutting critical services for Kansans than it was on making good decisions for the good…
TAKE ACTION: Paycheck Deception is back!
Late Monday afternoon, 22 Kansas Senators prevented extreme Republicans from slipping HB 2130 – the Paycheck Deception bill that would silence workers’ voices in the political process – into a conference committee report and forcing it through the Senate. By a slim majority the Senate passed the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund bill before it could…