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2 hrs ago | WIBW-TV Topeka

Senator Roberts: Cap And Tax Legislation Will Cost Kansas Jobs

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, is warning about the impact cap and tax legislation could have on Kansas.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Coffeyville, KS

Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Capital-Journal

USDA gives disaster designations

Cheyenne, Rice and Sherman counties along with Barton Ellsworth, Logan, McPherson, Rawlins, Reno, Stafford, Thomas and Wallace counties have been given disaster designations by the United States Department of Agriculture for storms July 17 through Sept.

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

Voice For Liberty in Wichita

Kansas news digest

News from alternative media around Kansas for November 9, 2009. Political involvement and Kansas smoking ban "This week we focus on two issues: the proposed smoking ban in public places and getting young people involved in the political process." "Kansas school districts will fall about $100 million short of needed funds by the end of the current ...

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

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Roberts honored at celebration

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., was honored Thursday as the most senior Marine in the U.S. Senate at a ceremony highlighting the 234th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Military, US Marine Corps

Tue Nov 03, 2009

WE Blog

Treece deserves buyout

Good for Congress for deciding to buy out residents of Treece. Lead, zinc and other chemical contamination from past mining operations made the southeast Kansas town unsafe and isolated.

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Related Topix: Treece, KS, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Northrop charges that tanker bidding skewed toward Boeing

A European aerospace company and its American partner charge that the Air Force is stacking the odds against them and favoring the Boeing Co.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense, US Military, US Air Force, US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Todd Tiahrt, US House of Representatives

Ellsworth Reporter

Will we be better off - that's the question

Halloween Costume Contest 5:00 PM Ellsworth City Hall The Ellsworth Kiwanis Club sponsors its annual Halloween Costume Contest for children up to fourth grade.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Ellsworth, KS, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WIBW

Authority For Treece Buyout Headed To Presidenta s Desk

" Approval for the Environmental Protection Agency to buyout Treece, Kansas is headed to the President's desk.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Lynn Jenkins, Republican, US House of Representatives, Treece, KS, US Senate, Sam Brownback, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Capital-Journal

EPA: Relocate Treece residents

Residents of the southeast Kansas town of Treece face "a unique and urgent threat from the legacy of pollution" and should be relocated, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.

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

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Kansas City Star

Vote in Congress offers hope for buyout of Treece, Kan.

People living in a Kansas town contaminated for decades by abandoned lead and zinc mines could finally be getting a break.

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

Kansas.com

Opinion Line

If the government can tell Wall Street firms what their executives' pay will be since they took bailout money, what makes you think the government wouldn't control your life if you took any money from it? Big Brother is starting out very slowly, but it's here.

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Related Topix: US News, Dick Cheney, George Bush, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Examiner.com

A candidate you need to know: Aaron Ringel

Courtesy of Aaron Ringel for delegate. Aaron Ringel is currently running to represent the 48th district in the Virginia House of Delegates.

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Related Topix: Arlington County, VA, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Military, US Marine Corps, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Arlington, VA

Sun Oct 25, 2009

More to Life

Roberts questions pay limits

Reactions to any White House initiative tend to stay within party lines. So it was surprising to see how Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, US Politics

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill

Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma, Agriculture, Science

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Tulsa World

Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill

TOPEKA, Kan. a ' Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Topeka, KS, Topeka Metro, Agriculture, Science, Kansas State University

The Wichita Eagle

Colbert channels Roberts

The Wild West-flavored criticism of the Senate Finance Committee's health bill offered Tuesday by Sen.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Stephen Colbert

Tue Oct 20, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Letter: Brave Republicans

It's truly refreshing to see that two noted Republicans have opted to put the good of the country above the goals of the party.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Olympia Snowe, Opinion

Sun Oct 18, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Letter: Audit the Fed

This letter is a response and comment to Sen. Pat Roberts' letter regarding the "Cap and Tax" legislation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Opinion

Sat Oct 17, 2009

KansasCity.com

Risk assessment will look at safety of proposed animal disease research center in Kansas

Kansas long quest to house the nations premier animal disease research facility seemed triumphant this week when the U.S. House approved $32 million to start construction.But quicker than you can say foot-and-mouth disease, theres a hitch.Before all of that money can be spent on the $450 million facility that would be located in Manhattan, the ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, New York Metro, Kansas State University

Fri Oct 16, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Healthcare for all favored

The Docking Institute of Public Affairs selected 2,082 households in Kansas by random sample and contacted them by telephone.

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Related Topix: Kansas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, Fort Hays State University

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