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Published online 11/6/2009 10:02 PM Agencies brace for more cuts With predicted budget shortfall, as much as $460M must be trimmed The Kansas Department of Transportation expects some construction projects could be delayed or downsized if a new wave of state spending cuts is ordered.

Atchison attorney Bill Thornton will be named Kansasa acting secretary of commerce.

The Obama administration is once again using iVillage to spread its message about healthcare reform.

Ten million new doses of vaccine against the H1N1 influenza virus will become available in the United States this week, Obama administration officials said over the weekend.

David D. Kerr, commerce secretary for the state of Kansas, will shift his allegiances east and try to rev up the job market in Missouri.

Jay Nixon selected David D. Kerr, Commerce Secretary for the State of Kansas, as the new director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

The Kansas secretary of commerce plans to cross state lines to lead economic development efforts in Missouri, which is prompting some Kansas legislators to question his loyalties in a key business-recruiting effort.

Mystery surrounding the resignation of the top official at the Kansas Board of Healing Arts intensified Wednesday evening as board members declined to offer a public explanation for the sudden exit while taking action to form a search committee and appoint an interim executive director.

George Tiller's Wichita abortion practice ended with his murder. Pro-choice Gov.

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Former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius took some heat several years ago for saying that the quality of the roads in Missouri was scary.

Court records show Britney Spears and a photographer whose foot she ran over have settled a lawsuit.

Here are excerpts from recent editorials in Kansas newspapers: Oct. 16. The Hutchinson News, on the justice system: The justice system is one of those funny functions of government that a person never fully appreciates until it is no longer available.

Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Larry Gates says he's not running for governor.

The 2nd Congressional district has been one of the most competitive districts in the U.S. during the last three or four election and should be again in 2010.

Five Jayhawks are on a new list of the 100 most powerful women in the nation's capital, according to Washingtonian magazine.

It almost happened in 2008. It could happen in 2016. At some point, and some point soon, we'll see a woman in the White House.

The duties of Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig have gotten somewhat busier in his first full year of his first term as sheriff as he recently joined the Kansas Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Time to take a trip to the movies, Topeka style. - "The Hangover." Plot: After an over-the-top victory celebration on election night in 2006, Kansas Democrats lose their best buddy -- former Gov.

These are boom times for conservative authors. Michelle Malkin's "Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies" spent weeks at No.