Kansas Legislature updates harassment policy, more work seen
February 9, 2018
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top leaders updated the Kansas Legislature's policy against sexual harassment on Friday without requiring an outside review of complaints or altering their longstanding approach of having them handled as privately as possible.
The revised policy approved by the top seven legislative leaders is more specific about how allegations of misconduct will be handled, particularly from legislative interns. It specifically says lawmakers identified in "well-founded" complaints could face formal — and public — discipline in the House and Senate, such as censure.
But the revised policy...
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