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Business January 4, 2024 - 2:45 pm

Kansas Chamber puts shoulder behind 2024 income tax, health care, education reforms

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Chamber released a legislative policy agenda Thursday endorsing a proposed single rate state income tax, opposing expansion of Medicaid health coverage to 150,000 low-income Kansans and supporting investment of state tax dollars in private K-12 education.

State Government February 20, 2022 - 12:34 am

Proposal to ban cities from banning plastic bags pits Sierra Club against Kansas Chamber

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Sierra Club lobbyist Zack Pistora told lawmakers he could talk at length about the “big mess” plastic bags have created for aquatic ecosystems, landscape and infrastructure in Kansas.

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