Kansas Government
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 [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Political Money & Ethics were Top Meadowlark Topics in 2008
