Like other lawmakers appearing on KVOE’s Morning Show this week, House 60th District Representative Mark Schreiber of Emporia is hoping Kansas Governor Laura Kelly won’t veto a Republican-led tax relief plan and thus call a special session.
Schreiber says the chances are better that there will be a special session called soon.
On unrelated budgetary matters, Schreiber was pleased to see the financial support for K-12 public education as a whole and funding for special education specifically, although he says state and federal funding are far from what’s needed. He was also pleased to see the funding for Emporia State University, in part through a $3 million “regional stabilization” line item and in part through a $9 million infusion to ESU’s reinvestment model.
Unlike 17th District Senator Jeff Longbine and 76th District Representative Eric Smith, both of whom are retiring, Schreiber is gearing up for a re-election bid — and he’s tentatively set to face off against Democrat Mic McGuire for the second straight election unless he faces a primary challenge. Schreiber says he doesn’t plan to change his campaign approach this year. With Longbine and Smith departing, Schreiber says he will miss working with both men. He says they have been “good colleagues” and he understands their decisions to step back.
