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advances that targets civil service system  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) --
Republicans on a House committee have approved a measure that
cuts protections of the classified employment system for many
state workers.  The measure, which now goes to the full House,
would remove state attorneys, supervisors and information
technology workers from the classified employment system,
according to The Lawrence Journal-World ( ).  Under the bill,
all new state hires would also be unclassified, and any current
state employee who is either transferred, demoted or promoted
would also no longer qualify. The bill wouldn't affect employees
of public safety agencies.  The legislation was proposed by
Appropriations Chairman Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, but during a
public hearing on the measure no one testified in favor of it.
Rhoades said he has heard that agency heads want to have more
flexibility to reward and manage e