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Policy Watch 2022 Weekly updates from the Kansas legislature by Paul Johnson October 4, 2022: Policy Watch #18– Special Pre-Election Edition June 3, 2022: Policy Watch #17– Final Public Policy Updates May 6, 2022: Policy Watch #16– Kansas in Uncharted Redistricting Waters April 29, 2022: Policy Watch #15– Legislative Session Nearing End April 22, 2022: Policy Watch #14– Veto Session Uncertainties April 1, 2022: Policy Watch #13– Legislative Notes March 25, 2022: Policy Watch #12– Next Week in the Legislature March 18, 2022: Policy Watch #11– Balance of Powers Threatened March 11, 2022: Policy Watch #10– Public Water Supply Debate March 4, 2022: Policy Watch #9– Grocery/Food Sales Tax Future? February 25, 2022: Policy Watch #8– Water Reform Legislation Progress February 18, 2022: Policy Watch #7– Water Programs Scramble February 11, 2022: Policy Watch #6– Redistricting Revenge February 4, 2022: Policy Watch #5– The Real Redistricting Battle Begins January 28, 2022: Policy Watch #4– Redistricting with a Smirk January 21, 2022: Policy Watch #3– Redistricting Roll Out January 14, 2022: Policy Watch #2– State of the State Address Review January 8, 2022: Policy Watch #1– 2022 Kansas Legislative Session Preview Policy Watch 2021 September 14, 2021: Policy Watch #18–Update on Key Issues of Housing, Energy, Water and Redistricting 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 2022 LWVK Advocacy 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. Redistricting Maps Our People Powered Fair Maps committee has spent the time to listen through testimony given by Kansans, worked with our nine local leagues, and coalition partners to put together the Bluestem Congress Redistricting Map. Click here to read our testimony and see our map that is People Powered and representative of Kansans. Here you can see the partisan map, Ad Astra 2, that has passed through the Kansas Senate and is to be seen in the House.
*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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