Kansas State Senator David Haley says he was not happy at the Board of Public Utilities votes to censure him and remove him as acting board president on Tuesday.

This is the October surprise, he said at the end of Tuesdays meeting.

Board members were concerned over his health insurance enrollment in 2021.

Haley says he was told to list his longtime significant other as a spouse on an application, which resulted in additional health benefits.

He claims BPU Human Resources staff was aware of his relationship status.

An HR staff member at Tuesdays meeting said Haley did not relay to him his intent to be married to his partner.

I would think it would have been addressed in the last three-and-a-half years, not just a month out before a very tight re-election effort, Haley said.

Haley is

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