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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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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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.

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

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.

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.

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.