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19 hrs ago | Hays Daily News

Shining a light on governor's meetings

The ruckus over Gov. Sam Brownback's recent dinner parties for Republican lawmakers, which has made for good reading lately, is a case study in what happens when people in power inflame those who buy ink by the barrel and have Internet bandwidth to spare.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Shawnee County, KS, Opinion

Sat Feb 11, 2012

The Capital-Journal

House to assess campaign cash transfers

Among cherished reforms sought by politicians eager to climb the ladder, the pending measure would allow officeholders to apply unspent campaign cash to their run for a different elective office.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lindsborg, KS, Wichita, KS

The Capital-Journal

State officials establishing disaster relief fund

Kansas legislators are modifying a proposal from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's administration to establish a fund to cover the state's share of federally declared disasters.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, US Governors

Fri Feb 10, 2012

The Capital-Journal

DA pulls request for those not invited to dinners

Before a media briefing on a House tax plan Friday, Speaker Mike O'Neal, R-Hutchinson, read a letter from the office of Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor's office withdrawing a request that O'Neal preserve records related to a series of dinners at the governor's mansion last month.

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Related Topix: Shawnee County, KS, US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

The Capital-Journal

Tread on governor's agenda thinning

Republican and Democratic leaders Friday said key elements of Gov. Sam Brownback's political agenda for the 2012 session were at risk of dropping six feet under.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Kathleen Sebelius

KSALLink.com

Committee Rejects Funding For Public Broadcasting

Calendar Education Election Fort Riley Information FYI Kansas Lottery Most Wanted Obituaries Pet Adoption Radio to the Rescue Student of the Week Scholarship Nominees Touring Kansas Weddings, Engagements, and Anniversaries Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Lottery, US Governors

Voice For Liberty in Wichita

Kansas Bioscience Authority hearings, day 2

At the second day of testimony regarding a forensic audit of the Kansas Bioscience Authority , a representative of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback was strongly critical of the audit itself, and also of the Board of Directors of KBA.

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Related Topix: Kansas, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, US Governors

Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Capital-Journal

Senate shuffles deck on KPERS reform

A Senate committee nudged the ball on reform Thursday of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System by voting down a plan endorsed by Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors

The Capital-Journal

House chair trims teacher rating measure

A Republican committee chairman Thursday said a controversial proposal from Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Trego County, KS, Topeka, KS

KWCH

Governor Brownback orders flags at half-staff to honor oldest federal judge

Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff Saturday to honor a Kansan who had been the oldest sitting federal judge in U.S. history.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US News, Wichita, KS

The Capital-Journal

One committee, one dinner, different accounts

Sen. Dick Kelsey, R-Goddard, says he sat with the other Republicans on the Commerce and Assessment and Taxation committees at Gov.

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Related Topix: US News, US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Shawnee County, KS

Wed Feb 08, 2012

The Kansas City Star

Yael T. Abouhalkah | KC area's interests get lost in inept state legislatures

The state governments in Missouri and Kansas have one big thing in common regarding the Kansas City metro area.With its disappointing Democratic governor and inept legislature, Missouri’s state government is out to lunch when it comes to helping improve Kansas City.The Kansas side of the state line isn’t much better.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Missouri Government, Missouri, Kansas, Jay Nixon, US Governors

The Capital-Journal

State income tax debate accelerates

Opponents to Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal for cutting Kansas income tax rates said Wednesday the Republican's plan is misguided and would punish working families.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Kansas, Healthcare Law, Law

Manhattan Mercury

Brownback sees threat to NBAF; lawmakers surprised

Some state legislators said Tuesday they were surprised by remarks from Gov. Sam Brownback that Kansas and its congressional delegation face ''a continuous fight'' to obtain federal funding for a new lab that would research plant and animal pathogens.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Tim Huelskamp, Sam Brownback, US Senate, US Governors, Kansas, Kansas State University

KSALLink.com

Governor Sees Annual Threat to NBAF Funding

Calendar Education Election Fort Riley Information FYI Kansas Lottery Most Wanted Obituaries Pet Adoption Radio to the Rescue Student of the Week Scholarship Nominees Touring Kansas Weddings, Engagements, and Anniversaries A site in Manhattan, near the Kansas State University campus, has been cleared for construction of the $650 million biosecurity ... (more)

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KSNT-TV Topeka

Kansas teachers to deliver pension petition

A group of Johnson County teachers is heading to the Kansas Statehouse to deliver signatures they have gathered in protest of plans to change the state employee retirement system.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Pension, Personal Finance, Johnson County, KS, US Governors

Tue Feb 07, 2012

The Wichita Eagle

Experts and advocates diverge on tax policy

States with lower tax burdens and reduced government spending grow faster, a tax policy specialist with the American Legislative Exchange Council told lawmakers Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US News, Tax, Small Business, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

WIBW-TV Topeka

GOP Leaders Say Lawmakers Do Not Need To Talk To DA

House Speaker Mike O'Neal and Senate President Steve Morris cited state statues in saying lawmakers don't have to disclose the records or be compelled to answer questions in an open meetings investigation.

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Balloon Juice

Mitt Romney and voter supression

There's so much voter suppression news I'm a little overwhelmed and tempted to just curl up in a ball and start crying, but this truly disgusting tactical move should probably be top-tier, so here goes.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback, Kansas, US Senate, Republican, Liberal Political News

KMAN-AM Manhattan

Governor predicts constant fight over NBAF funding

Gov. Sam Brownback is warning Kansas legislators that the state and its congressional delegation face a continuous fight to obtain federal funding for a new lab that would research plant and animal pathogens.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sam Brownback, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas State University

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