Kansas Government

Special Contributor on March 30th, 2010

Think and Ink:  “I can keep you safe from all the monsters … except that one.  Vratil’s Sugar Tax.
Copyright 2010, Think and Ink, O’Hara and Hoit.  Contact:  Charlotte O’Hara.
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The taxman cometh… for your soda, KC Star Prime Buzz, March 9, 2010.
Kansas soda drinkers to be treated like smokers, The Pitch Blog, March [...]

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Earl Glynn on September 15th, 2009

Today I’m announcing the Kansas Meadowlark will no longer contain “investigative research on Kansas government and politics” and that future  articles will appear on a new web site, the KansasWatchdog.org.
For the last five years as the Kansas Meadowlark I’ve attempted to publish political money stories, non-profit stories, and other information often ignored by the mainstream [...]

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A review of the Workforce Reports by the Kansas Department of Administration from 2000 through 2008 shows the number of state employees is up a modest 1.7%.  However, there has been a trend to shift state workers from classified employees to unclassified employees at a higher salary.
In 2008 there were 12.8% fewer classified employees than [...]

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Earl Glynn on January 1st, 2009

The top Meadowlark topics for 2008 were all about political money and governmental ethics. The following is a topic summary with details given below.
1.  New reports for last minute political money can make a difference.
2.  More transparency is needed in Kansas governmental ethics.
3.  Why is franking abuse ignored?
4.  Why do political appointments often correlate [...]

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