Earl Glynn on June 30th, 2010

Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Outlook for Public Education in Kansas Can the Government Tell You What to Eat? Judge Temporarily Halts Smoking Ban, for Some Michigan Capitol Confidential: What is Your Share of Government Debt? The Unstable Funding Myth West [...]

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Earl Glynn on June 27th, 2010

Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Republican A.G. Candidates Give Views at Olathe Picnic Info about Ethics Commission meeting not found by attending Financial disclosure statements for Kansans running for Congress JCCC President Responds to Kathy Brown Nebraska:  Big Oil Has Pipeline into Nebraska Campaigns Michigan Capitol Confidential:  Private Contractors [...]

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Earl Glynn on June 23rd, 2010

Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Sean Tevis announces congressional run and hints about American Nations project Business Owners Ask Kansas Courts to Stop Smoking Ban Nebraska:  Fremont OK’s “Anti-Illegal” Law, Courts to Get Final Say Mackinac Center: Kelo Decision Five Years Ago Today Michigan’s Borrow-and-Spend Politicians Eye Kids’ Piggybanks [...]

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Earl Glynn on June 20th, 2010

Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Questions about new 527 PACs, $25,000 loan unanswered. Groups support Supreme Justice Beier? Schools for Fair Funding’s “Notice of Claims” Nebraska:  Video: Early Voting Strong in Nebraska Fight Over Illegal Immigration New Mexico:  Albuquerque Journal Sues Gov. Bill Richardson For Withholding Public Records Virginia:  [...]

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Earl Glynn on June 16th, 2010

Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday: Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas:  Sunshine in Johnson County on local campaign finance Michigan Capitol Confidential:  Analyst: Gov’s Tax Plan Could Kill 30k Jobs in First Year Virginia:  Average pay for state employees slightly trumps private-sector pay Mackinac Center:  Politics Trumps Science on Great Lakes Drilling Evergreen Freedom:  The [...]

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Earl Glynn on June 13th, 2010

Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas:  No Free Market at Overland Park Farmers Market National Watchdog:  Don’t let politicians squander recovery Kansas Government Lawrence J-W:  Parkinson urges senators to support increase in Medicaid funding for states Kansas Schools Pittsburg CollegiOnline:  Regents expected to approve tuition increase for fall semester Hutchinson:  [...]

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Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Kansas Will Start Fiscal Year 2011 in a Budget Hole Holland Picks Kultala as Running Mate Oklahoma:  Is the Oklahoma City Public School district really going to spend $97,000 on something called “Flocabulary”? [this article tells about a similar program in Kansas City, KS] [...]

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Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday Watchdogs on State Issues Kansas: Bond Savings to Be Spent, Not Used to Pay Down Debt 3rd District Debate Videos: Illegal Immigration, Federal Reserve, Limiting Abortions (2 of 3) 3rd District Debate Videos: Parents’ Rights, Repealing Obamacare, Nation Building (3 of 3) AG Six announces run; hasn’t had time [...]

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In my previous article I mentioned a talk, “conservatives eating their own,” given by former State Rep. Phyllis Gilmore about a decade ago at a JoCo Kansas Republican Assembly meeting. This story is another example of “conservatives eating their own” and ironically related to the KRA: KRA Formed in 1999 A conservative group named the [...]

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Special Contributor on June 6th, 2010

Think and Ink: Uncle Sam’s Money Giveaway “Hey! That’s My Hard-Earned Money!” “Ah, the cost of free money…” Copyright 2010, Think and Ink, O’Hara and Hoit. Contact: Charlotte O’Hara.

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