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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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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