Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday
C-SPAN Video Library. This great new research resource was announced today. We took a look at recent video clips from Member of Congress from Kansas:
- KS-1: Jerry Moran talks about taxes and the Fair Tax on Tuesday.
- KS-2: Lynn Jenkins on Friday talked about the 2000thwin by KU Men’s Basketball.
- KS-3: Dennis Moore during Reconciliation Bill Markup discusses the Health Care Bill on Monday.
- KS-4: Todd Tiahrt asks Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner about economy, jobs, regulations on Tuesday.
Perhaps such video clips would make a good feature to show what our members of Congress are doing. Sadly, I cannot figure out how to embed C-SPAN video with Wordpress yet.
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Nebraska: Omaha Police Pay-Have You Seen These Salary Figures?
- Oklahoma: Edmondson addresses Oklahoma’s current economic status and the hurdles that await the state
- West Virginia: Quarter of W.Va. Government Employees Unionized [This article says it's 16% in Kansas]
- Virginia: Donations to Virginia government remain low
- Evergreen Foundation: Not That You’d Know It in Washington State, But It’s National Sunshine Week
Tags: C-SPAN Video Library
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Nebraska: State: Tax Dollars Off Limits to Charities
- CapitolBeakOK: Accounting analysis puts Oklahoma’s debt burden at $9,000 per family
- Texas: Harris County’s government Web site gets perfect score from national transparency organization Sunshine Review
- Michigan Capitol Connection:
- Virginia: Virginia lawmakers banking on federal funds
- New Hampshire: An ever-expanding gambling proposal
- Evergreen Freedom Foundation: Why Sin Taxes are Economically Wrong
- Online Journalism Review: The pros and pros of ‘citizen journalism’
Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Oklahoma: Spending leaves Oklahoma broke as revenue drops
- Texas: Harris County’s government Web site gets perfect score from national transparency organization Sunshine Review
- West Virginia: WatchBlog: Better Pay for Federal Jobs
- New Hampshire:
- Goldwater Institute: Congress, Ariz. school district sues taxpayers to stop questions
- Mackinac Center:
- Michigan Capitol Confidential: Michigan’s GOP Congressional Team Scored Less ‘Pro Growth’ Than Party Peers in D.C. for 2008
- Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Banning Everything from Leafblowers, Car Alarms, Loud Motorcycles, Pocket Knives and Plastic Bags to Eating, Drinking and Listening to Music in the Car While Driving
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Shawnee County Commissioner Shelly Buhler on the Jim Cates' CJOnline radio program on Friday
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas Reporter: Kansas Governor rips Legislature tax stance
- Evergreen Freedom Foundation: The public pulse on tax increases – Who do you trust?
- New Hampshire:
Tags: Jim Cates, Shelly Buhler
Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday:
Featured
- midwest voices: Topeka morphs into Google, Kan.
Sheri Steisel, National Conference of State Legislatures, explains aspects of federal funding of child welfare and foster care to Fed. and State Committee on Tuesday
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Virginia:
- Mackinac Center: Forced Unionization of Small Business Owners Spreads to Other States [Look what happened in Kansas: Gov. Sebelius assisted AFSCME-CCPT in unionizing child care providers in Kansas]
- Michigan Capitol Confidential: Senate Fails to Reject Government Pay Hike
Kansas Government
- Wichita KAKE: Kan. House Speaker Challenges Critics
- Lawrence: Kansas House speaker challenges Democrat critics to file ethics complaint against him
- Kansas Foster Care Services blog: Twitter Posts from the KansasWatchdog on hearings today in Topeka, KS on Children’s Issues, “Foster Care”
Tags: House Federal and State Affairs Hearing, National Conference on State Legislatures, Sheri Steisel
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Kansas Treasurer Dennis McKinney at Democrat's Washington Days on Saturday in Topeka
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Michigan Capitol Confidential: State Government Employee Unions Prosper in Midst of Recession
- MacIver Institute: Stimulus Funds Spent on Insurance, Utility Bills
- Freedom Foundation: Eminent Domain Abuse: reform still needed
Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday:
State Rep Mike Kiegerl (R, Olathe) compliments two students for their participation in the hearing about the Little Bluestem becoming the official state grass.
Students presented their case at the House Federal and State Affairs Committee hearing in Topeka today about why the Little Bluestem grass should be made the official state grass. The Star’s Prime Buzz discussed “Little Bluestem growing on Kansas lawmakers.”
I was at the Little Bluestem hearing because I could not find an online agenda about the hearing today and thought there would be a discussion of children issues instead. Those hearings about children issues are now scheduled for March 2 and 3.
Why can’t the legislature do a better job updating online information about committee hearings?
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Michigan Capitol Confidential: Public Bus Fares Cover Less Than 20 Percent of Costs [Is this what is happening with buses in Lawrence?]
- Old Dominion: Computer virus eats at government, social networking sites
Kansas Government
- Kansas Reporter: KPERS funding among the U.S. lowest, study finds
- Wichitopekington: Kansas public pension system a ’serious concern’
- Gardner: Mike Kiegerl eNews: Week 5
Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday:
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Nebraska: Terry Rips Stimulus, Won’t Criticize Governor
- New Hampshire: Audit finds US census preparations wasted millions
- Michigan Capitol Confidential: Stimulus Fails at Job Creation
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- Oklahoma:
- New Hampshire: NH gov: $140M in budget cuts, layoffs unavoidable
- National Watchdog: Day Care Union Scheme in Michigan Part of Union Push Nationwide — see Kansas story
