Local Kansas City area fiscal policy activist, Philip Klein, has been a critic for years of eminent domain abuse in the Kansas City area. Klein was so motivated to act on this issue that he became the producer/director of a video “Begging for Billionaires: The Attack on Property Rights in America.” Klein’s video tries to [...]
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Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest population estimates for July 1, 2008. USA Today shows this nice summary table of all the states. Kansas shows a 4.2% increase in population from 2000-2008 with 113,318 new residents. In just the last year Kansas added 24,752 new residents, which was a 0.9% growth rate and [...]
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There’s no single answer to the question, “How do I find a job?” One must explore all possible options in these tough economic times, and area “Job Clubs” are a great source of support and networking opportunities in looking for work.
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The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission met yesterday to review several matters, including six fines and three advisory opinions.
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[Updated Dec. 16] The criminal complaint (alternative source), recently filed against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, and his chief of staff John Harris, described Blagojevich’s desire for a high-paying position with Change to Win, likely since he saw the money and power of organized labor: HARRIS noted that ROD BLAGOJEVICH is interested in taking a high-paying [...]
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Governor Kathleen Sebelius will pick a replacement Kansas Supreme Court justice by Jan 12, 2009, when Chief Justice Kay McFarland retires. Will Gov. Sebelius appoint a judge, or a donor to her campaign and Barack Obama, to be the next Supreme Court justice? In October only eight Kansas attorneys applied for consideration to fill the [...]
Today the Kansas Supreme Court issued a ruling in a long-running case of Planned Parenthood against Phill Kline. The Kansas press seems to miss how bizarre this case is, which was summarized in this brief: This Court should be under no illusions about what Petitioner [Planned Parenthood] is asking of it. Petitioner, a criminal defendant [...]
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Kansas law is quite peculiar in letting out-of-state PACs have fewer reporting requirements than in-state PACs. Out-of-state groups are allowed to spend huge amounts on Kansas politics and not have their “verified statements” shown online. There is no online list of out-of-state PACs that get to hide their political participation in Kansas’ elections. As previously [...]
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