Serving Kansas City (Wyandotte County) Kansas for over 50 years!
As always, it is an honor to represent District 6 in the Kansas Senate. If I can be of service to you or anyone you know, call my office at 785-296-7375, or email me at [email protected] or feel free to visit me in 125-E at the Kansas statehouse. In this issue: • Legislature reaches first … Continue reading “Legislative update from Sen. Pat Pettey, D-6th Dist.”
Bill limits access to cash assistance, adds restrictions to food stamps by Dave Ranney, KHI News Service Gov. Sam Brownback said Wednesday that he intends to sign a controversial welfare bill despite concerns from those who work with poor Kansans about whether the restrictions it imposes are realistic or enforceable. The governor was scheduled to … Continue reading “Kansans who work with welfare recipients fear repercussions from new rules”
by Dave Ranney, KHI News Service The Kansas Children’s Cabinet is in the beginning stages of launching an initiative aimed at reinvigorating its efforts to build public-private support for early childhood development programs. The initiative, which has yet to be named, is driven by concerns that as much as one-fourth of the tobacco master settlement … Continue reading “Children’s Cabinet to tout benefits of public-private partnerships”