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Mulvane's Wenger appointed to Kansas Real Estate Commission
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed Sue Wenger of Mulvane to a four-year term on the Kansas Real Estate Commission.
5 hrs ago | Warwickonline.com
Panel would scrub outdated laws from books
The Senate approved creation of a committee last week that would comb through existing legislation with the intent of identifying outdated measures that should be repealed.
9 hrs ago | NewsTarget.com
Feds, mainstream media argue 'there are no states' and feds have ultimate power over all state laws
There is a constitutional fight brewing between Kansas, whose current governor is a former federal legislator, and the Obama Administration over the passage of a state law banning federal agents from enforcing national gun control mandates and regulations when all firearms business is conducted between citizens within the state's boundaries.
13 hrs ago | OttawaHerald.com
Lowered flags to honor soldier
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from sun-up to sun-down on Saturday in honor of Sgt.
Kan. lawmakers' sales tax talks take new twist
Kansas legislators Wednesday considered a proposal to impose a lower state sales tax on groceries than on other consumer goods in hopes of breaking an impasse among Republicans on tax issues.
Conflict Minerals Law Is Heavy Burden On Business, House Republicans Argue
Republicans at a House subcommittee hearing this week objected to a 2010 law that targets conflict minerals from Central Africa, saying it places too many regulations on U.S. businesses and hasn't accomplished enough since it went into effect.
How Kansans can help Oklahoma tornado victims
Gov. Sam Brownback also urged Kansans to donate money and not drive down to the disaster area to help yet.
Kansas legislators move forward on budget, taxes
Kansas lawmakers signaled Tuesday that they're nearing a deal on a new state budget, as the House prepared for a floor vote on what could be the final version of the $14.5 billion proposal.
Three former inmates praised by Governor as they gra...
Graduation days are celebrations of hard work expended and the future opportunities that have been earned.
Obama's and Holder's Selective Constitutional Deafness
Often a phenomenon of bad marriages, "selective deafness" is when one hears only what is convenient.
Eagle editorial: Dona t target NCAT
As revenues ebb under the income-tax cuts, state leaders are looking at everything as a potential place to cut spending.
Privatization can work, but only if done right
Should Kansas privatize services for the intellectually and developmentally disabled population? The issue has brought a lot of heat this month.
Kansas lawmakers still deadlocked on tax, budget issues
Sam Brownback's plan to stabilize the budget by canceling a scheduled decrease in the state sales tax.
Kansas leading the charge at state level for gun rights laws
Despite all the news media attention on the 3 ongoing Obama administration scandals there is a state /federal level battle that is playing out in Kansas between the Governor and the US Attorney General Eric Holder.
Kansas lawmakers start Monday in gridlock
Sam Brownback prepared to give a "There's no place like home" presentation on his political reform efforts to the Illinois Policy Institute in Chicago.
Higher Ed Spending Key Issue In Kansas Budget Talks
Legislative leaders hoped negotiations would resume Monday on proposed budgets of roughly $14.5 billion for each of the next two fiscal years, beginning in July.
Re: Kansas Views on core services, Roberts' pandering, waiting ...
Core services – The current cost-cutting efforts of state government should spur serious conversation about what Gov.
Analysis: Bigger push on Kansas courts may be coming
A prominent conservative Kansas legislator has launched what could become the most aggressive campaign to date to rein in the state Supreme Court after a proposal failed that would have changed how its justices are selected.
Local students named Governor's Scholar
At the invitation of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, Ethan Kaufman, Russell High School, Taylor Fry, Great Bend High School and Conner Birzer, Ellinwood High School, were selected to attend the 30th Annual Governor's Scholars Awards Program on May 5, in Topeka.
The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas
Kan. highway signs saluting MLB players going up
Seven Royal Valley High School freshmen are seeing a seventh-grade class project to research major league pitchers and brothers Virgil and Jesse Barnes result in a memorial to the baseball players.