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As school funding dries up in Kansas, one superintendent resigned to save his...
Pay no attention to our increasingly poor schools. State budget cuts are hitting one south-central Kansas school district so hard that their superintendent is voluntarily resigning to save money:The...
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KS Republicans Take On The Courts: Rule For Us Or Don't Get Paid
Kansas Republicans have decided that favorable rulings in court hearings may require some incentive - and that incentive boils down to whether or not judges get paid. http://www2.ljworld.com/...Kansas...
View ArticleKansas finds new way to punish the poor
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback promised to be able to balance the state budget by cutting taxes for the wealthy. That didn't work out. So to help cover the budget gap he has decided to punish the poor....
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"Smell This Trash Can" - Kansas Senate Nowhere On Budget, Furloughs Considered
It's been many years since Boston Public, David E Kelley's drama about life in an inner city high school, aired on network television. But on May 27, Senator Pyle (Hiawatha) invoked memories of the...
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Kansas Legislators Go Into Hiding As Legislature Checks Out of Budget Process
Dave Trabert, author for the Kansas Policy Institute - a right wing Kansas local think tank took to his online blog to declare the Kansas Legislature was prepared to abdicate their duty....
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KS Republicans Propose Taxing Girl Scout Cookies, Veto Threatened if...
Bryan Lowry, reporter for the Wichita Eagle, effectively summed up the situation in the Kansas State Capital today with a simple tweet: So to recap: Gov threatens veto for biz income rollback....
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The Kansas Budget on Day 104: AMA!
As promised, to several the Kansas budget is hitting day 104, and we entered conference committees today. I've spent the last five days, from Gavel in to Gavel out (Ok, I left 2 hours early Sunday at...
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Complete Failure in Kansas Legislature as Budget Fails 3-108
When Marvin Kleeb, a Johnson County Republican stepped into the house well tonight, his goal was to get a sense of the house. After urging fellow members in a sparsely attended Republican caucus...
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With Furlough Notices Going Out, KS Representatives Ask: Do You Have a Plan?
The Kansas House met today, day 106 in hopes of making further progress on a budget and tax policy. Instead, the legislators seem further divided as the body has formed clear bright lines around the...
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Kansas Senator Asks Chaplain for Exorcism To Remove ALEC
The Kansas State Senate entered day 107 today, equalling a prior record for the longest session in Kansas History. The senate began their day preparing to debate HB2109, a measure that was opened for...
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Collapse! Kansas Senate Tax Chair Threatens to Quit: "You Should Be Ashamed"
Les Donovan, (R-Wichita) has had a rough session. At age 79, the Wichita based car dealer has been a key component of the Kansas Republican majority in the Senate for some time. Sen. Donovan has been...
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Kansas Senate Passes a Tax Plan - How You Budget With Fantasy and Dreams
With the house adjourned, the State of Kansas looked to the Senate to finally set the bar for the tax policies for the state of Kansas. Today, in a 21-17 vote, the slimmest of possible margins, the...
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Back To The Drawing Board: KS Republicans Slaughter Senate Tax Plan
Kansas Republicans entered the house today with a newly approved tax bill from the senate, but before the doors were open, the bill appeared to be dead. On Sunday night, Republicans contended there...
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AP Reporter Teaches Kansas Politicians Something About Transparency
Too many of us who blog or write for online forums don't appreciate enough the hard work that great journalists who work the trenches every day really do for those who hope for transparency. John...
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Kansas Budget Crisis Puts Bond Rating At Risk
The ongoing Kansas Budget battle has brought in numerous contenders to the fight - conservative Republicans who have avowed no taxes; conservatives who are dedicated to govern even if their are...
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Sam Brownback Hopeful of Solution, Says He's Working Hard
Sam Brownback says tells me he's been working hard all morning, meeting with leaders and trying to craft a solution. Still, before lunch despite the blazing heat, the governor just needed to step...
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Kansas Republicans Are Slaves To A Monster Of Their Own Making
As a very young child, I lived in fear of the box in my father’s drawer. I knew, at 3 or 4, that the box was my grandfather’s voice box**. But part of me believed every time the dial turned, a giant...
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Kansas Senator: "I'm Sick of Being Blackmailed" As Brownback Rams Budget Through
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback pushed through his budget today, as the Senate voted 21-19 to accept a trailer bill required by the house for passage. No Democrats voted for the tax increase in either...
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THIS is What's the Matter With Kansas: 'BradCast' 6/12/2015
Guest: Matthew Menendez of Brennan Center; Plus: House Progressives block Obama and Republicans (for now) on TPP 'FastTrack'!...It was a major victory (for now) for progressives in the U.S. House...
View ArticlePeople noticed Daily Kos covering Kansas. Thanks.
This is my first ever diary. I joined DailyKos when the teachers union fought Governor Brownback in the capital. One of those protestors told me I should read tmservo433's coverage. I did. I joined to...
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