November 21, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Brownback

Researchers Brutally Smack Down Laura Kelly’s Favored KU Welfare Report

The Wichita Eagle headline sounds awful: “Kansas child welfare agency trying to undercut research cited by incoming governor.” This is…

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Kansas Tax Hikers Take Note, France #1 in Taxes.

A day after the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, backed down from introducing a climate change-inspired fuel tax increase, the Organization…

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Do 3 Kansas Health Nonprofits Know They’re Paying Missouri Team to Smear Kobach?

In a Monday article the Sentinel asked, “Who Is Paying for the Kansas News Service to Slander Kobach?” What inspired…

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With Win In GOP 2nd District, Steve Watkins Upsets Dems’ Game Plan

With Steve Watkins victory in Kansas’s 2nd District GOP primary, Democratic nominee Paul Davis, who ran unchallenged, must be thinking,…

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Why Did Tax Cuts Work In NC, IN, and TN But Not in Kansas?

The question that Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert raises in his new book, “What Was Really the Matter with…

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Every Single Democrat Votes Against Brownback Nomination, Pence Pushes It Over

In a sign of how deeply estranged Democrats have become from traditional American values and simple civility every single Senate…

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Kansas Looks To Retain 4 Congressional Seats in 2020

Though the 2020 Census is still a few years away, most experts predict Kansas will retain all four of its Congressional…

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Kansas Dems Groan at Possible Orman Entry into Governor’s Race

The specter of independent businessman Greg Orman is haunting Kansas Democrats once again. In 2014, Orman’s message proved popular enough…

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LGBTQ Lobby Pressures Dems to Stall Brownback Nomination

The LGBTQ lobby showed its muscle at Gov. Sam Brownback’s confirmation hearing for the position of U.S. ambassador at large…

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New School Super: “Kansas Really Supports Their Educators”

Angela Holloway-Payne, who left her native Memphis for a job as a school superintendent in Kansas, told the Hutchinson News…

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Top Google News Story: Murderer Sues Kansas Prisons for Imposing Christianity

Each day Google sorts through the various news stories about Kansas, and on Friday chose as top story one based…

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Eagle Politicizes Shooting at Revenue Department

Within days of a Wichita shooting at a Kansas Department of Revenue office, the Wichita Eagle dragged out Democratic officials…

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Breaking: Kansas Suspends License of OP Planned Parenthood Abortionist

As reported by Operation Rescue, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts suspended the osteopathic medicine license of abortionist Dr. Allen…

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Sen. Caryn Tyson Joins Growing GOP Crowd for Kansas 2nd

In a remarkable bit of journalistic restraint, Jonathan Shorman of the Wichita Eagle reported the announcement by conservative Sen. Caryn…

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OP Planned Parenthood in Trouble for Underage Abortion, About Time

Dr. Allen Palmer, a contract Planned Parenthood abortionist, told the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts that he relied on…

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Defeated Dem Gubernatorial Candidate Paul Davis to Declare for Kansas Second District

The last time Lawrence attorney Paul Davis ran for elected office he broke a lot of his supporters’ hearts and…

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Senate Advances Medicaid Expansion Proposal

Kansas Senators adopted legislation to expand Medicaid on Tuesday morning, but the measure will likely meet the business end of Gov.…

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The Sky Hasn’t Fallen–Top 20 Area Public Elementary Schools All in Johnson County

According to the educational ranking service, Niche, as reported by the Kansas City Business Journal, Johnson County public elementary schools,…

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House Attempts Veto Override Now

It’s now in the legislature’s hands. Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed tax hike legislation. He vetoed the bill that retroactively increases…

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Senate, House Pass Largest Tax Increase in KS History

The Kansas Senate approved the largest tax hike in state history a day after the House offered bipartisan support to the…

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