Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday: Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Warrant out for mom who testified at hearing about losing custody of children Smoking Ban Passes House, Governor Says He’ll Sign Tiahrt, Others Exonerated in Ethics Probe Michigan Capitol Confidential: State Government Employee Unions Prosper in Midst of Recession MacIver Institute: Stimulus Funds Spent [...]
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Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday: 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 [...]
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Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday: Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Kansas Supreme Court Justice asks Ethics Commission for opinion “Turn yourself in” if you violate campaign finance rules Schools for Fair Funding Proceeds with Lawsuit; Permits No-notice Meetings Michigan Capitol Confidential: Public Bus Fares Cover Less Than 20 Percent of Costs [Is this what [...]
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Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday: Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Healing Arts Director Filed Lawsuit against Board over “Resignation” Government payrolls show continuing, long-term growth as private sector jobs decline 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
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Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday: Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: “Motor Voter” allows teens under 18 to pre-register to vote in Kansas without proposed new law Dodge City reporter found in contempt, fined for court no-show Oklahoma: $360,000 in weatherization funds used to buy trucks ‘Glitch’ doubled reported cost of trucks New Hampshire: NH [...]
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Are Kansas Courts overstepping their bounds in a freedom of the press case? Claire O’Brien, a Dodge City Globe reporter, learned details from an interview with a murder suspect. Ford County attorney Terry Malone wants to force her to reveal her sources: From today’s Hutchinson News: Dodge City reporter is fined for court no-show From today’s Pittsburg [...]
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Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday: What happens when there is a focus on renewable energy and we don’t have reliable energy? The plumes from the Lawrence Energy Center on Wednesday showed there was very little wind on this cold winter day. If we didn’t have reliable energy, like coal or nuclear, there would not [...]
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Kansas Clips from Friday through Sunday: On Friday I appeared on the Jim Cates radio program on cjonline.com with John Arnold to discuss the week’s top stories. With Jim Cates I briefly discussed the Kansas Liberty article from last Wednesday: Ethics-election committee questions ethics commission behavior. I also talked briefly about a Shawnee County family [...]
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Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday: I make my debut on Jim Cates online radio program on Friday at 9 AM. Send discussion questions to jim.cates@cjonline.com. According to attorney John Robb, Schools for Fair funding scheduled their next meeting in Newton on Feb 19. SFF will be discussing a possible law suit against the state [...]
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