Scott Rothschild
Scott Rothschild reports on the Statehouse and Kansas government.
Recent stories
- Kansas: Over teachers’ objections, Brownback signs ‘good’ school finance bill
- April 22, 2014
- Gov. Sam Brownback on Monday signed into law a school finance bill that will provide more funds to classrooms in an effort to comply with a court order, but also includes controversial policy changes, including the repeal of tenure for teachers.
- Brownback to sign school finance bill Monday; supports tenure repeal
- April 21, 2014
- Gov. Sam Brownback on Monday said he will sign into law the new school finance bill, which would increase funding to schools but also repeal tenure for teachers.
- Kansas Supreme Court blasts bill signed into law by Brownback
- April 20, 2014
- In a rare public statement, the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday denounced a bill signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback, saying the measure would weaken the judicial system.
- Kansas wind energy a force, report suggests
- April 11, 2014
- Kansas has nearly doubled its wind power generation over the past two years, according to a wind industry report released Thursday.
- Kansas Legislature: What passed, what died, what remains
- April 11, 2014
- Meeting nearly round-the-clock last weekend, Kansas legislators ended the regular legislative session by passing with slim majorities a school finance bill in response to a court order, and a repeal of teacher tenure that has ignited a political firestorm.
- Kansas school districts say new finance bill will widen disparities
- April 8, 2014
- The Legislature’s new school finance bill will continue to widen the funding gap between wealthy and poor districts, attorneys representing school districts that successfully sued the state said Monday.
- Kansas bill limiting duration of conservation easements defeated in Senate
- April 5, 2014
- A bill that would have limited the duration of conservation easements, which have been used to preserve tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills and prevent encroachment on military bases, was defeated in the Senate on Friday.
- Kansas House advances ‘clean’ schools bill as session winds down
- April 4, 2014
- Late Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $129 million school finance plan that authors of the bill said would require approximately $51 million in new funds, presumably from the state’s reserves.
- Kansas Republicans continue to reject Medicaid expansion
- April 2, 2014
- Kansas continues to reject expansion of Medicaid.
- Kansas economy lagging in several areas of growth
- April 1, 2014
- A report by Gov. Sam Brownback’s Council of Economic Advisors shows that Kansas is lagging the region and nation in numerous economic categories.
