Earl Glynn on November 29th, 2009

Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Watchdogs

Kansas:

Stimulus Funds to Pay Half of Smart Electric Grid in Lawrence
Fred Thompson Interviews Candidate for N.H. District 00

YouTube

State of the State KS:  Eisenhower Presidential Library Brings Civility Back To Politics
The Thespians:  How we make a fake Kansas twister

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Earl Glynn on November 25th, 2009

Kansas Clips from Wednesday
Watchdogs

Kansas:

Is Governor Parkinson Setting the Table for a Tax Increase?
KPI’s Dave Trabert on Kansas Education Funding on KPTS’ Kansas Week

YouTube

Sunflower State Authors Discuss Books, Part 3
Meteorite Lands In Liberal

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Earl Glynn on November 24th, 2009

Kansas Clips from Tuesday
Watchdogs

New Hampshire:  Video about government “competition” for health care

Blogs

Wichita Liberty:  Corkins testifies on school finance history, recommendations “former Kansas Education Commissioner Bob Corkins supplied insight into Kansas school funding court decisions, and made some recommendations for the future”
What’s Right with Kansas:  KS-03: Come One, Come All
KFL:

Reason not to dehydrate: Man speaks after [...]

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Earl Glynn on November 23rd, 2009

Kansas Clips from Monday
Watchdogs

Kansas

Kansas Ethics Commission to ask legislature for law changes
2009 Annual Report from Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission

New Hampshire:  Would ObamaCare Kill Medical Innovation? [Meadowlark:  Having worked on the software  development for two different medical devices, a cardiac catheter system and a digital colposcope, my experience is that innovation will be hurt badly [...]

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Earl Glynn on November 22nd, 2009

Kansas Clips from Friday through Sunday:
Watchdogs

Kansas:

Political contributions by next likely candidate for U.S. Attorney for Kansas About $31,000.
Congress to Investigate Phantom Districts on Recovery.gov

New Hampshire:  Reporter Grant Bosse launches phantom campaign for Congress
National:  NH: 1/2 of Stimulus Jobs Already Exist

YouTube

Kansas Education Funding on Kansas Week
Kansas Snakes 2009

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Earl Glynn on November 19th, 2009

Kansas Clips from Thursday:
Watchdogs

Kansas:

GAO: Recovery.gov Has Data Quality and Reporting Issues
KDP gubernatorial candidate Tom Wiggans gave to three California Republican gubernatorial candidates

Nebraska:  “Stimulus Oops” Subject of Federal Inquiry

Blogs

Sam Brownback:  Brownback Decries Abortion Funding in Senate Halth Insurance Mandate Bill
The NextRight:  The problem with Recovery.gov isn’t the data, it is the politics
Wichita Liberty:  GovTrack.us helps citizens [...]

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Earl Glynn on November 18th, 2009

Kansas Clips Wednesday
Stimulus Watch:  Awards in Kansas
Watchdogs

Kansas:  Phantom Districts Disappear, Spending to Unassigned District
Nebraska:  Conflict of Interest Raised in NU Stem Cell Fight
Texas:  Federal stimulus Web site says $14.7 million in aid went to Texas Congressional districts that don’t exist
Tennessee:  The phantom stimulus hits Tennessee
Virginia:  Imaginary Virginia districts reported on federal stimulus Web site
West Virginia:  [...]

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Earl Glynn on November 17th, 2009

Kansas Clips from Tuesday
Watchdogs

Kansas:  Fed Stimulus Creating Phantom Congressional Districts
Mackinac Center:  Stimulating! Ten New Congressional Districts in Michigan!
Ohio:  More than Six Billion Dollars going to Phantom Districts Nationwide
New Hampshire:  $6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes to Phantom Districts
National:  WV Watchdog discusses phantom districts

Governor’s Race

Kansas Watchdog:  Political contributions by new KDP gubernatorial candidate Tom Wiggans
Kansas Liberty:  Brownback [...]

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Earl Glynn on November 16th, 2009

Kansas Clips from Monday
School Money Debate

Topeka Capital-Journal:  Editorial: Outrageous demand:  “a recent Associated Press analysis showed that even with the cuts, the school system has received $770 million more this year than in fiscal year 2005 … not all school district members are supporting SFFF’s march to court … One suit from SFFF was more [...]

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Earl Glynn on November 15th, 2009

Kansas Clips from Friday through Sunday:
Where is the “suitable” logic of school administrators?
In a period of recession, with many out of work, with Kansas courts shortening hours, with Kansas government workers facing furloughs …

Hutchinson:  Lawmakers see push for government furloughs
KCUR:  Without More Money Kansas Courts Will Close Temporarily
Pittsburg:  Kan. lawmakers see pressure for govt furloughs
Topeka:  [...]

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