Taxes, abortion tops on agenda

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State News

January 13, 2020 - 9:24 AM

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers expect a push to overturn a state Supreme Court decision protecting abortion rights, a contentious debate over income tax cuts and some bipartisan harmony on Medicaid expansion during this year’s annual session.

The GOP-controlled Legislature may also tackle medical marijuana after it convenes today for 90 days of lawmaking.

A look at some of the biggest issues:

ABORTION

Top Republicans and the influential anti-abortion group Kansans for Life plan to push for an amendment to the state constitution to declare that legislators can regulate abortion as they see fit.

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