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Policy Watch 2021 Weekly updates from the Kansas legislature by Paul Johnson. May 15, 2021: Policy Watch #17–Legislative Session Ends; now for the Consequences May 7, 2021: Policy Watch #16–Legislative End Game Power Plays Continue April 30, 2021: Policy Watch #15–Final Days of Session April 9, 2021: Policy Watch #14–Legislative Coordinating Council (LCC) Throne April 2, 2021: Policy Watch #13–Redistricting Guidelines March 26, 2021: Policy Watch #12–Water (Dis) Organization March 19, 2021: Policy Watch #11–Water Rights/Law Testimony March 12, 2021: Policy Watch #10–State Energy Plan Stall March 5, 2021: Policy Watch #9–Big Policy Battles Remain February 26, 2021: Policy Watch #8–Legislative Timelines February 19, 2021: Policy Watch #7–Mother Nature Shows her Stuff February 12, 2021: Policy Watch #6–Tax Cut Bandwagon…or Déjà Vu February 5, 2021: Policy Watch #5–Must all issues be partisan? January 29, 2021: Policy Watch #4–Water Policy Future January 22, 2021: Policy Watch #3–Pandemic Protocols January 15, 2021: Policy Watch #2–Budget Uncertainty January 8, 2021: Policy Watch #1–Session Preview Policy Watch 2020 Archives Policy Watch 2019 Archives		Click here for a printable .pdf of our 2021 LWVK Legislative Priorities Brochure Legislative Observer Corps Volunteers on behalf of LWV Kansas regularly attend committee meetings held by the Kansas legislature. Volunteers observe the committee process, follow targeted bills through the legislative process, and occasionally write and deliver testimony. LWVK Observers Reporting Form View past reports in the archive. August 20, 2020: Call TODAY in support of the USPS! July 21, 2020: Call TODAY to support 2020 election funding April 17, 2020: Election funding due to COVID-19
*Policy Watch* is a publication of the Kansas Rural Center with sponsorship from the following: League of Women Voters of Kansas, Kansas Natural Resource Council, Kansas Farmers Union, and Climate + Energy Project. Visit KRC’s website .

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