Brownback Pulls Kansas Out of Federal Refugee Plan
TOPEKA, Kan. – Governor Sam Brownback on Monday notified the Obama Administration that the state of Kansas is withdrawing from the federal government’s refugee relocation program due to concerns for...
View ArticleKansas Lawmakers Have a Full Plate
(AP) – Kansas lawmakers must close shortfalls in the current and next state budgets totaling $290 million after returning from their annual spring break. The Legislature was reconvening Wednesday...
View ArticleMcCain Thinks Roberts’ Hold on Army Secretary Misses the Mark
(AP) – Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is blocking a vote on the nomination of Eric Fanning to be the next Army secretary. At issue are efforts by the president to close the prison at Guantanamo...
View ArticleKansas Senators Start to Talk of Tax Money Solutions
(AP) – Three Republican senators are proposing a bill to reinstate income taxes for more than 330,000 Kansas business owners. The Senate Tax Committee reviewed the proposal Thursday as lawmakers try to...
View ArticleSelling Kemper Could Save Millions
Selling Kemper Arena to the Foutch Brothers Development company could save City Hall millions of dollars, according to City Councilman Scott Taylor. “Anywhere from five to six million dollars, anywhere...
View ArticleBrownback Signs Bill Dropping Welfare Benefits for Needy Families to 24 Months
(AP) – Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Monday that he said is aimed at freeing more people from poverty, but opponents argue the new welfare restrictions leave families without a safety net...
View ArticleSelf’S LLC Renews Talk on Closing Tax Break
(AP) – Bill Self isn’t paying state taxes on the bulk of his millions of dollars of income as men’s basketball coach at Kansas, all legal under 2012 tax reforms. KCUR (http://bit.ly/1Tkll2m ) reports...
View ArticleTransit Policy Has to Streetcar Plan
Kansas City, Missouri’s Director of planning says there is no intent to expand the new streetcar line through a new transit policy. ” No. It is not implicitly a plan to expand the street car,” said...
View ArticleTransit Policy Stalls
The proposed ‘Transit Oriented Development Policy’ran into opposition Thursday at a joint meeting of two Kansas City Council committee. Sponsor Jolie Justus pulled the proposal back at the end of the...
View ArticleClay County Lawmaker Joins Kinder’s Challenge to “Dear Colleague” Letter
Clay County St. Rep. T.J. Berry says the Obama administration’s new regulation on transgender bathroom preference in public schools could encourage pedophile and child molesters. “If I’m a pedophile...
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