Springtime?
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Watchdogs on State Issues
- Kansas:
- $472,000 in Bonuses in 2009 for City Workers in Overland Park
- Kansas tax panel offers balanced budget, no new taxes
- Closing Statements from 3rd District Debate (video)
- Debunking Myths in the School Funding Debate
- How to Use Open Records, Open Meetings Law in Kansas
- Sun Editor Steve Rose Needs Facts and Figures not Fear Mongering about Schools
- Nebraska: Lawmaker Wonders if Lobbyists Got to Senators
- Mackinac Center: More Questions Surround Forced Unionization of Small-Business Owners
Kansas Economy/Budget/Taxes
- Wichita Eagle:
- Topeka C-J: House slashes state budget
- Wichita Liberty: Kansas sugar tax testimony heard, bill doesn’t advance
- Hays: Cuts won’t make up for budget shortfall
- Winfield: Cowley County foreclosure rate remains high
Kansas Schools
- Wichita Liberty: Tax cuts are a cost, says Kansas teachers union
- Eudora: USD 491 Board approves stadium bids
- Lawrence J-W: Lawrence superintendent is waiting for process to play out in Topeka
Kansas Campaign 2010
- Topeka C-J: Franking: A capital update [Members of Congress have a "representational allowance" that they are allowed to spend however they'd like. I have written about franking during election years before, especially by Congressman Dennis Moore, and even Jim Ryun, and the press was mostly silent about the issue then.]
Across the State
Blogs
- Wichita Liberty: ‘Ron Estes’ letter causes a stir
- Principally Political: Lessons from a journalist
- Kaw & Border:
- KFL: KS fraudulent late-term abortion reporting under review
- KNEA: We want what’s right, not what’s left! [KNEA originally estimated 2500 at this rally but later lowered their number to 1500. I counted everyone in a picture taken 20 minutes before the event started and only came up with 397. The 1500 is likely still quite a stretch.]
- GPACE: FERC Chairman Rethinks Baseload Electricity [This appears to be a dangerous proposal that may lead to unreliable power.]
News
- Fort Scott: Seat belt enforcement crack down targets 10 rural counties
- KC Star: Kansas Senate considers ‘shield law’ for journalists
- KCK: Moore: HCR vote ‘most important’
- Shawnee (Kansas Liberty):
- Topeka C-J: Analysis: Changes give Kansas Dems new status
- Wichita Eagle: Democratic offices in Wichita, elsewhere vandalized
