The offices of Kansas Legislative Leaders would see an 11% increase in their funding under a proposal that has cleared Committee. The House Appropriations Committee added the money yesterday before approving the Republican controlled Legislature’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins in July. The biggest increases of nearly 58% would go to the offices with the smallest budgets. Those offices are the Senate Vice President and the House Speaker pro-tem, who just happens to be Blaine Finch of Ottawa. The proposal goes to the House next. Top Democrats strongly criticized the proposal and say such spending is not a priority.
