Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, Ohio may have been “bought off” for her “yes” vote for the recent Cap and Trade bill in the U.S. House. A “Kaptur project” was part of the 310-page amendment to the legislation released at 3 AM on the day of the vote.
According to the Washington Times, the 310-page [...]
Who knew Darla Jaye from KMBZ’s 980 Live with Darla Jaye was running for public office?
Many were wearing a variety of stickers at the Olathe Republican Party Picnic and Straw Poll on Saturday. Some stickers said “Draft Darla for U.S. Congress” — but she’s not really running.
From Darla’s Facebook page on Sunday:
I asked if there [...]
On a hot, 97-degree afternoon, almost 50 Modern Day Patriots from the Kansas City Tea Party met yesterday near the Johnson County Courthouse to protest the increased taxes, loss of jobs, and increased regulations in the “Cap and Trade” bill passed by the U.S. House on Friday.
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Bob Weeks from the Voice for Liberty in Wichita has been a leader in seeking press credentials for the alternative media in Kansas. See his article today, Kansas alternative media shut out of legislative access.
UPDATE: See video of Bob Weeks’ appearance on Kansas week on KPTS in Wichita:
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Attorney General Steve Six’s office is providing training this week at four locations in Kansas on “Open Meetings” and “Open Records.” Today these training sessions were in Olathe and about 120 attended.
Yesterday the training was held in Dodge City; sessions will be held in Topeka and Wichita on Thursday and Friday.
The sessions were intended for [...]
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Overland Park. U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden visited Overland Park yesterday to tout a construction project being paid for with $76 million in federal stimulus funds, and about $6 million in funds from Kansas.
President Barack Obama put VP Biden in charge of overseeing the stimulus spending and avoiding waste. Biden recently said “Our credibility depends [...]
Glenn Beck’s “Common Sense” Comedy Tour visited Kansas City, MO tonight in the beautiful Midland Theatre. The event was also broadcast to about 450 theaters and there will be an encore presentation on June 11th in selected cities.
If you follow Beck’s radio or TV programs, or are a right-leaning, liberty-minded and freedom-loving person, then you [...]
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The U.S. House and Senate approve the spending of taxpayers’ money, but how well do members of Congress manage their own offices? How do House and Senate committees, and leadership spend money as part of their legislative jobs? In the past such information has been a bit difficult to find unless you travel to Washington, [...]
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Seven weeks after the original request, Saline County’s appraiser, under pressure from an impending lawsuit, delivered some of the property tax data sought by the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy from all Kansas counties. As of May 29, 44 of 105 Kansas counties have not provided all the requested data.
What started out as research [...]
A recent Wichita Eagle article said the payout to former K-State football coach Ron Prince would be $4.4 million instead of only $1.2 million.
Combined with the related $1.9 million payout to former K-State athletic director Tim Weiser, the $6.3 million in wasted salaries at K-State is staggering.
Why not fill all 50,000 seats at Bill Snyder Family Football [...]
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