Members of the Unified School School District 473 Board of Education are likely to hear many questions from patrons at the next USD 473 Board meeting in Chapman on August 10. Chapman USD 473 patrons will have questions about recent bonus checks that total $167,000 and the increases in next year’s budget at a time [...]
Ever have a question about federal political campaigns, or the Federal Election Commission? Next week the Federal Election Commission is having training classes in Kansas City for anyone interested in learning more about federal laws dealing with political campaigns, federal PACs, or party committees. See the FEC flyer for this Kansas City event along with [...]
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This afternoon a group met across the street from the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to “welcome” Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to Kansas City. The protest event was promoted to be an “angry mob parody” but the small group of about 35 everyday people were all friendly. They were concerned with how [...]
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will being taking questions in a forum at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City on Sunday, July 26 from an audience of 40 people. From the News Hour‘s web page: On July 26, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will join Jim Lehrer in Kansas City, Mo., for an on-the-record [...]
About 115 attended a late afternoon “Audit the Fed” rally today outside Kansas Congressman Dennis Moore’s office in Overland Park. The rally was organized by the Johnson County Campaign for Liberty group. With fairly tight Overland Park police security on the grounds, a smaller group entered Dennis Moore’s office and delivered 1100 petitions asking him [...]
Last week Governor Parkinson announced the appointment of State Rep Josh Svaty (D-Ellsworth) to be the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, replacing Adrian Polansky who is taking a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Svaty seems to be a good fit to be Ag Secretary since in his fourth term as State Rep he is [...]
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In a case involving widespread rumors at the state capitol, politics, and an exception provided by an old law, the Kansas Ethics Commission ruled that House Speaker Mike O’Neal (R-Hutchinson) had not violated state ethics laws. The complaint was brought by Democratic State Rep Marti Crow (D-Leavenworth) after O’Neals wife was hired by the chief [...]
Frustrated that the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission took no action on a complaint, last August Kris Van Meteren talked to the press explaining some details in his complaint. But, Kansas law currently gags someone after filing an ethics complaint — even after the Commission fails to act — and Van Meteren was fined $7500 for [...]
See front pages below from both the morning Topeka Daily Capital and the evening Kansas City Star reporting the first lunar landing on July 21, 1969 — 40 years ago today. Click on any of the images to see high-resolution versions. You can zoom in and read the articles using your browser (IE: Page | [...]
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