Time to Care: A New Coalition Address Paid Leave in Kansas
12 Weeks of Paid Leave in the United States Would Result in Around 600 Fewer Infant Deaths a Year. Parents are being forced to choose between bonding with their new baby or putting food on their table. Impossible choices like this hurt Kansas families and the state’s economy. Children’s first relationships, especially with their parents, […]
For Red State Holdouts Like Kansas, Is Expanding Medicaid Within Reach?
As Southern states reconsider Medicaid expansion, Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas is pushing her own plan meant to appeal to conservatives. So far, success has been elusive. As lawmakers in a nearby hearing room debated last month whether to support her legislation to expand Medicaid, Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas dared the state’s Republican House […]
Survey shows Kansas voters worry about health, child care, hunger — and out-of-touch lawmakers
TOPEKA — A survey of Kansans’ attitudes on lawmakers, health care and economic issues found a wellspring of support for expanding Medicaid eligibility — along with a prevailing belief that lawmakers aren’t tuned into the financial challenges Kansas families are facing and are not passing policies that help Kansans. Nonpartisan research firm Perry Undem conducted the study […]
