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Saturday | KRVN-AM Lexington

Bipartisan Ag Mediation Bill Introduced

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Help Treece's residents move

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.

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Related Topix: Treece, KS, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Opinion

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WIBW-TV Topeka

Kansas Senator Moves To Continue Agricultur Programs

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Agriculture, Science

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Kansas.com

Contaminated Treece, Kan., could soon be ghost town

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 ...

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Related Topix: Treece, KS, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Baxter Springs, KS, Life, Hobbies, Spelunking, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sat Jun 27, 2009

News Observer

"Rapid Robert" Bob Dole just can't slow down

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.

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Related Topix: Kansas Government, US Politics, US News, Kansas, US Senate, Republican, Sam Brownback, Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, US Governors

The Capital-Journal

House move could delay lab

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Lynn Jenkins, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate

The Modesto Bee

Hollywood memorabilia in a legal mess

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., ...

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Related Topix: The Seven Year Itch, Comedy Movies, Vocal, Marilyn Monroe, Gothic, Orson Welles, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Olathe, KS, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Entertainment

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Kansas City Business Journal

Politicians worry about stimulus

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dennis Moore, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, Sam Graves

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Think Progress

Brownback Becomes Third GOP Senator To Announce He Won't Vote For Sotomayor

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican

The Wichita Eagle

Steve Kraske: Brownback Surging Toward Cedar Crest

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

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Related Topix: Todd Tiahrt, US Politics, US News, Representative Lynn Jenkins, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jerry Moran, Sam Brownback, US Senate, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Emporia Gazette

A visit to KTWU

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, University of Kansas, Stafford County, KS

WBT-AM Charlotte

News Story: HHS secretary to press lawmakers on health care

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, Kansas, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Kent Conrad, Democrat

The Capital-Journal

Kansans opposed tobacco bill

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.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, US Politics, Dennis Moore, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Lynn Jenkins, US Senate, Republican, Jerry Moran

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Kentucky.com

Kansas Sen. Roberts goes from 'oinker' to visionary

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Non-Profit

Insurance News Net

Plans to Reform Health Care run the GamutLoading...

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Republican, John Boehner, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law, Tax

Mon Jun 22, 2009

KTVO

Electronic disclosure bill gains support

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, John Ensign, John Cornyn

Examiner.com

No health care? Expect a requirement to get it

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, Kansas, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

Sun Jun 21, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Letter: Working for center

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.

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Related Topix: Kansas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, University of Kansas, Opinion

Sat Jun 20, 2009

CBS News

Health Care Reform Faces Senate Setbacks

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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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Kansas.com

Kansans on wrong side on tobacco

Laws prevent its sale to minors, require warning labels, limit its advertising and levy special taxes on it.

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Related Topix: Law, Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Smoking, Health, Medicine, Todd Tiahrt, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Dennis Moore, US Senate, Democrat

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