Holcomb News

The white bus, decorated with colorful lettering and pictures, was met with applause when it pulled up in front of the community center at East Garden Village.

Luminato's staging of Mikel Rouse's multimedia "opera-verite" trilogy wrapped up on the weekend.

Every time Ken Rathje looks at it, he is struck how a home in northwest Calgary's Dalhousie neighbourhood that was once so filled with love and life is now sadly regarded as the death house.

'Lobbyists have reported spending more than $1.1 million to influence legislators for the second consecutive year, largely because of a fight over two proposed coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas.

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., exerted his influence on the fight over a proposed coal-fired plant expansion near Holcomb, to no avail.

Sen. Pete Brungardt pointed out some notable things from the 2008 Kansas Legislature when he spoke to Salina's noon Rotary Club on Monday.

A Topeka legislator hopes the Legislature's decision not to extend a tax break doesn't kill the city's chances to attract a wind turbine manufacturer.

With the year's biggest issue off the table, lawmakers will return to the Statehouse today for a tame ceremonial end to the legislative session.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' disdain for coal-fired power plants in Holcomb, Kan., led her to veto a key legislative bill known as the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.

Major legislative defeats define the two years Republican Melvin Neufeld has gripped the gavel as the House's top political operative.

The Finney County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a Holcomb man in rural Finney County.

Kansas is receiving $1.2 million from a multistate settlement with the manufacturer of the painkiller Vioxx, and the attorney general's office plans to use the money for consumer protection programs.

House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, keeps discrediting himself in his push to expand a coal-fired power plant near Holcomb. via The Wichita Eagle

“That's where we plan to keep it”

Security Savings Bank avoided its fourth consecutive quarterly loss thanks to proceeds from selling three branches.It used the money to pay a $5 million dividend.Olathe-based Security Savings earned $3.35 ... via KansasCity.com

“If we could swing it, I'd be in favor of looking into it”

The Holcomb Elementary School staff will be a little bit bigger next school year, as long as USD 363 can hire another fifth-grade teacher. via The Garden City Telegram

“We had a mountain of possibilities and we've created a molehill”

Lawmakers passed a package that included a plan to allow more people to use pre-tax earnings to pay for insurance, more medical care for poor pregnant women, and a plan to expand a children's health insurance ... via The Wichita Eagle

“This is all about the speaker of the House being a bully”

Republican House Speaker Melvin Neufeld is optimistic today's session of the Legislature - perhaps lawmakers' last big work day in 2008 - delivers hard-fought victories on a contentious coal debate. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Action in the Kansas Legislature came to a virtual halt Monday as lawmakers looked for an exit strategy for the 2008 session.The House returned and found that most senators didn’t show up. via KansasCity.com

“From what details I know about it, it's very important”

Published Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 3:43 p.m. CDT Ensnared in legislative debate today on the Holcomb coal plant is an income-tax incentive attractive to a company looking at Shawnee County for construction of a ... via Topeka Capital-Journal