Tag: Dan Hawkins
Osage, Coffey Counties missing vaccine, despite KDHE claims
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says all 105 Kansas counties received doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but that’s not…
Gov. Kelly wants legislative approval for statewide mask mandate
Gov. Laura Kelly told reporters on Wednesday that she intends to host bipartisan talks with legislative leaders to craft a…
Gov. Kelly’s September COVID deaths claim is grossly exaggerated
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly at yesterday’s press conference made a consciously exaggerated and deceptive claim about COVID deaths in September. …
McClatchy cover-up of KDHE deception mask-querades as news story
The McClatchy-owned Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle on Sunday published a lengthy endorsement of the Kelly administration’s use of…
More deception: KDHE hid data to justify mask mandate
Data obtained in an Open Records request from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows KDHE didn’t ‘just’ manipulate…
Gov. Kelly shuts down legislator’s COVID transparency inquiry
For the second time in less than a month, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly shut down a discussion and refused to…
Kansas AG says counties can opt out of Kelly’s school mask order
In another apparent abuse of the rule of law, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly insists — contrary to the advice of the top…
Governor Kelly ignores Majority Leader’s COVID transparency request
Don’t expect additional COVID transparency from the State of Kansas any time soon. Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, (R-Wichita),…
House tax committee chooses government interests over taxpayers
At Tuesday’s House Taxation Committee, Rep. Ken Corbet (R-Topeka) expressed frustration that the committee seems to favor government interests over…
COVID cases trending down but Kelly extends shutdown order
Legislators and others feared Kansas Governor Laura Kelly would drag out her economic shutdown when she wouldn’t identify specific criteria…
New poll shows 75 percent of Republican voters reject Medicaid expansion
A new poll reveals more than three-quarters of Republicans oppose using taxpayer money to provide Medicaid to able-bodied, working adults.…
Nurse practitioner reform: better healthcare access, lower cost
March 20 was the worst day of the 2019 legislative session, according to Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins. That’s…
Senate Medicaid Expansion Committee meeting dates set
A special select committee of Kansas Senators is set to meet on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 to map out…
State lawmakers unlikely to take up gun control measures
In the wake of mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says it’s time to enact…
KASB lays groundwork for more school funding
The Kansas Association of School Board’s advocacy director Mark Tallman is laying the groundwork for seeking more school funding from…
Kelly admin circumvents welfare-to-work program
Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration quietly directed Kansas Department of Children and Families employees to waive welfare work requirements for childless…
Legislators to attempt override of Kelly vetoes on final day
Kansas Majority Leader Dan Hawkins has spoken to every single Republican House member leading up to the legislature’s final day…
Kansas legislators, governors ignore state law so they can spend more
Remember the promises about fiscal responsibility and upholding the rule of law from people running for state office over the…
Medicaid expansion advocates, opponents differ on cost of program
Medicaid expansion could cost the state more than $50 million next year and up to a half billion over the…
Veto override of SB 22 could begin tomorrow
It will be close if the legislature votes on whether to overturn Gov. Laura Kelly’s override of SB 22, and…
Panel Debates Consequences of Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion could jeopardize the state’s budget, according to House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins. “I would like to hear from…
30 percent of Kansas rural hospitals in danger of closing
One in five rural hospitals across the nation are in danger of closing, according to a recent survey by Navigant,…
Opponents Say Medicaid Expansion Is Bad Medicine
Rep. Jim Ward, D-Wichita, introduced a bill to expand Kansas’ Medicaid program, and Gov. Laura Kelly said in her state…
Kansas House Majority Leader: State “Just Robbing” Taxpayers
Apparently no one told the new House Majority Leader, Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, that a blue wave had transformed Kansas…