School-finance lawsuit hangs over 2014 legislative session
By Dion Lefler and Bryan Lowry
The Wichita Eagle
Published Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at 6:51 a.m.
Updated Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at 7:12 a.m.
The Wichita Eagle
Published Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at 6:51 a.m.
Updated Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at 7:12 a.m.
With no decision yet from the Kansas Supreme Court on a mammoth school-finance lawsuit, state legislators will begin their annual session amid deep uncertainty over the dominant issue of the year.
Depending on what the court decides, the outcome could be anything from more money for schools to a constitutional showdown over the balance of power between the courts and the Legislature.
Although they use different metaphors, Democrats and Republicans alike say the school ruling, whenever it comes, will influence just about everything that happens under the dome this election year.
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