(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers April 13, 2015)
It’s the social policy stuff that has been Gov. Sam Brownback’s big wins so far in the 2015 Legislature, with abortion and welfare programs reshaped to his liking—and maybe putting Kansas in the national spotlight under his tenure.
His first-term tax cuts, bigger than he wanted but he took them anyway, are playing out, but it is the social/government reorganization sphere that is coming to the front now.
Among major issues: That abortion bill, which was the first step by any state into specific procedures being used to stop some second-trimester abortion procedures.