By John Hanna, Associated Press:
The offices of Kansas legislative leaders would see an 11% increase in their funding under a proposal that has cleared committee. Almost all of the new dollars would go to top Republicans.
The House Appropriations Committee added the money Monday before approving the Republican-controlled Legislature’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins in July.
The biggest increases of nearly 58% would go to the offices with the smallest budgets. They are the Senate vice president and the House speaker pro tem.
The proposal goes next to the House.Top Democrats strongly criticized the proposal and said such spending is not a priority.
