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Senate Ag Chair Tom Harkin and Kansas Senator Pat Roberts have introduced bipartisan legislation to continue authorization of USDA's Certified State Agriculture Mediation program for another five years.

Credit Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., for trying to make things right for the people of Treece, whose town in the far-southeast corner of Kansas was trashed by a century of lead and zinc mining.

Programs designed to help farms settle disagreements with lenders and governments would continue under a measure introduced by Sen.

Bingham Transportation of Baxter Springs, Kan., has a lease to haul mine tailings from an Oklahoma Indian reservation property southeast of Treece, Kan., for construction use across the U.S. Gallery: Treece, Kansas Mining history has left town changed forever TREECE - And you know the sun's settin' fast, And just like they say, nothing good ever ...

The other day, I asked Bob Dole how he was doing. His first two words: 'I'm busy.' Funny, but that's exactly why I was calling.

WASHINGTON a ' Construction of a massive lab in Kansas for research on foot-and-mouth and other diseases could slow down following a House decision to withhold money to build the facility.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Here's a poser for you movie buffs: What do the white dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch" and the fur coat, muff and hat worn by Orson Welles in "Citizen Kane" have in common? Beyond their obvious status as movie artifacts, they're both part of a lawsuit filed in Johnson County by a 40-year-old Olathe, Kan., ...

Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., called his vote to approve the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act one of the most uncomfortable decisions in his career.

Yesterday in a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Sam Brownback " became at least the third Republican " to announce that he will vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court: Mr.

Here we sit 17 months before the next election for governor in Kansas, and the electoral battleground that Sen.

NO, Dave Kendall doesn't always wear the hat. And as we stepped into his basement office, he smiled and said, "People think that I'm out traveling Kansas all the time, but I'm usually in here - without a window." So there ya go, that dispels two myths about Kendall.

In this March 31, 2009 file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Kansas Gov.

Five of Kansas' six members of Congress voted against a bill signed into law this week investing the Food and Drug Administration with unprecedented regulatory power over the tobacco industry.

He probably won't show it, but Sen. Pat Roberts might be feeling a bit smug lately.

Unknown Source: Kansas City Star Wordcount: KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ In the debate over how to reform health care, that's what everybody wants to know.

Monday, June 22, 2009 at 9:34 a.m. The Senate is finally standing on the cusp of the electronic age.

Kathleen Sebelius, left, stands with former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, center, and Sen.

Kansas is poised to take the lead on cutting-edge cancer research, which will be a boon to the state's economy and the future of Kansas health care.

This story was written by Alex Insenstadt and Carrie Budoff Brown . Health care reform hit a serious setback Wednesday, with the Senate Finance Committee blowing its own deadline for a bill and the Health Committee breaking sharply along partisan lines - developments that place President Barack Obama's August deadline for passing a bill in doubt.

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