Statehouse Briefing
Uninsured ranks grow; state mulls reforms
Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Here are today's headlines from Kansas government:
(AP) Sebelius criticizes GOP lawmakers over health care: Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Monday that the Republican-dominated Legislature is moving too slowly on health care issues, but GOP leaders argued they're making some progress on market-based reforms.
(Kansas Health Institute News Service) More Kansans going without health coverage: In 2006, the average annual cost of an employer-sponsored family health insurance policy was $11,480, an increase of 81 percent since 2000. That was more than four times the increase in worker earnings or the overall inflation rate.
(Wichita Eagle) Photo ID for voting criticized: A bill that would require photo identification at the polls might keep legitimate voters from casting ballots, the League of Women Voters told a Statehouse subcommittee on election law Monday.
(AP) Bumper sticker produces debate: A legislative staffer who put an anti-war bumper sticker with a profanity on her car and parked it in the Statehouse garage upset one lawmaker and had the governor and others debating the limits of free speech.
(Harris News Service) House seeks to change technical education: House members gave first-round approval Monday to a bill establishing a new board to oversee improvements in work training programs.
(KC Star) Lawmaker seeks regulation of BPU: The Kansas City, Kan., public utility company took a thrashing Monday from a local lawmaker who wants to rein in its power to set electric rates.
(AP) Bill addresses custody threats: Every time Mike Beadle's four children visit their mother, he gets a sinking feeling in his stomach.
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