Tag: Sam Brownback
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Brownback Signs Budget Bill with Line Item Vetoes
Gov. Sam Brownback line-item vetoed two provisions of a $15.6 million budget he signed into law on Sunday. It was last…
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Reason Magazine Writes Reasonable Autopsy of Kansas’ Tax Policy
Reason Magazine draws thought-provoking conclusions in its autopsy of the Kansas tax policy the legislature just scrapped. The writer, an intern,…
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Brownback Allows Gun Restriction to Become Law
Over the objections of Second Amendment advocates, Gov. Sam Brownback allowed a gun bill to become law without his signature…
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Lawmakers Expand School Choice Program
Kansas lawmakers expanded a small school choice program as part of the new school finance formula. Gov. Sam Brownback signed…
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Brownback Signs School Finance Bill
Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law today a school financing bill. The bill, which largely mirrors a 1992 financing formula,…
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Still Waiting for Those Stories about Connecticut
Editorialists across the nation are scribbling furiously to announce tax cuts are bad, bad, bad. Don’t be Kansas, they warn.…
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Wall Street Journal Comes Close on Kansas Politics
While it’s frustratingly apparent that most in the mainstream media have only seen Kansas via an airplane window, there’s one…
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Star Fails to Find People Who Oppose Tax Increase
Somehow, a reporter for the Kansas City Star toured Kansas and could barely find a single person opposed to a…
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Conference Committee To Hash Out School Funding Legislation
A conference committee will hash out the differences between Kansas House and Senate school funding legislation. There will not be…
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House Dems Help Nix New Kansas Tax
By a 68-53 vote the Kansas House rejected a plan to increase taxes, and the Democrats made it all possible. …
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Gov. Brownback May Become Ambassador for Religious Freedom
World Magazine, a highly respected Christian publication, says today that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback may be the next ambassador-at-large for…
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LLCs, Pass-Throughs Account for Most Kansas Job Growth
Between 2012 and 2015, the majority of new jobs in Kansas were LLCs, sole proprietorships, and Sub S-Corps. Specifically, most of Kansas’…
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Medicaid Reimbursement Payments Cost St. Francis Hospital
Medicaid expansion proponents say they’ll make another attempt to expand Obamacare in Kansas when the state legislature reconvenes for wrap…
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Governor Signs Simon’s Law
In an emotional ceremony, Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation named for Simon Crosier into law. Simon’s law is the first…
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Senate Torpedoes Flat Tax Proposal
Senators torpedoed a flat tax bill that would have created one, 4.6 percent income tax rate. Members of the Senate…
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Governor Blesses Senate Flat Tax Proposal
Gov. Sam Brownback told Senate leadership he would support a flat tax proposal. A flat tax bill in the Kansas…
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Kansas House Sustains Brownback Veto
The Kansas House did not have the votes to override a Gov. Brownback veto of legislation to expand Medicaid. House…
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Wichita’s Voice for Liberty, Bob Weeks, Answers 20 Questions
Nearly every day, blogger Bob Weeks publishes news, analysis, and commentary on state and local politics. It’s information readers can’t…
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Senator Alleges Leadership Gamesmanship after Debate
The Kansas Senate systematically worked through Gov. Brownback’s budget proposal yesterday. After a lengthy floor debate, Senators rejected the bill…
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Brownback Hints at School Choice Solution
Gov. Sam Brownback agrees with the Kansas Supreme Court, he said in a statement issued March 1. The Supreme Court…
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Wichita Super to Earn Double Governor’s Salary
The Wichita USD 259 Board of Education will pay its newest superintendent more than double what the Kansas Governor earns…
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Media Misleads on Moody’s Investors Service
Moody’s Investors Service warned that a Gov. Sam Brownback tax increase veto was a “credit negative.” The service didn’t downgrade…
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Medicaid Expansion Never Says Die
The House Health and Human Services Committee tabled a bill that would expand Medicaid, and Rep. Dan Hawkins declared it…
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Brownback to Veto Tax Hike
Gov. Sam Brownback will veto a plan to hike taxes retroactively, he announced last night at an annual dinner sponsored…