"Life and Death in Brownback's Kansas" A Must Read Article
It’s so hard to be the doctor who has to reveal: ‘I’m not giving you a death sentence by telling you you have cancer. I’m giving you your prognosis because you don’t have coverage."Kansas Community...
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The Slow Starvation of Kansas Counties
When Jacob LaTurner (R-Pittsburg) was elected to the Senate in 2012, he was one of the youngest elected members in the state. At 24, LaTurner's prior experience working as an intern for Representative...
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The GOP's New 'Frankenstein's Monster': 'BradCast' 6/16/2015
Heather Digby Parton on Donald 'The Candidate' Trump, 'the culmination of 30 years of American Dream propaganda' by the Republican Party...As I suggested earlier today, I believe Donald Trump just blew...
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Brownback refuses to admit raising taxes after nearly bankrupting Kansas
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, who has cut Kansas taxes to the bone, signed into law Tuesday two tax hikes that will add $384 million to state coffers to avert running a deficit. But John Hanna reports...
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KS Republicans Prepare to Put African-American Legislator on Trial for...
I had previously covered the issue surrounding Rep. Val Winn here. Now, with the longest, and most costly, session in Kansas’ history in the record books you would assume Kansas Republicans were ready...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Both parties nervously await Maggie...
New Hampshire Democratic Gov. Maggie HassanLeading Off: •NH-Sen, Gov: Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan isn't expected to decide if she'll challenge Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte until after the legislative...
View ArticleThe latest job data tells the tale of what Republicans have done to Kansas...
Sam Brownback and Scott Walker - two peas in a pod. Two Republican governors keen to do the bidding of the Koch Brothers and turn their respective states into demonstrations of how conservative...
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KS (R)s Beg a Property Tax Favor From Democrats On Same Day Democrat Faces...
Kansas Republicans are experiencing a form of deja vu. In 2012, as a matter of haste, Republican leadership passed a tax cut which was plagued by technical errors and omissions which confused...
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Kansas State Senator Loses Family Member: "We Must Expand Medicaid"
Kansas Republicans have stood fervently in opposition to ACA and Medicaid Expansion. In a floor speech during the tax debate, Mary Pilcher-Cook (R-Johnson County) referred to Medicaid expansion as...
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(KS) Sam Brownback's Terrible, No Good Day
Governor Sam Brownback had one of those days. One of those terrible, no good, awful days. A day where everything seemed to go wrong for the governor, and oh so right for those who oppose his policies....
View ArticleSam Brownshirt Continues To Be A Pain In The Ass
It now seems that the last holdout against marriage equality after the Supreme Court's decision is Kansas. Couples can marry in every county, but Gov. Brownshirt is continuing to obstruct state...
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Sam Brownback (R-KS) Signs Sweeping Anti-LGBT Executive Order
Governor Sam Brownback today signed in a sweeping executive order with significant changes afoot - and many not imagined.EXECUTIVE ORDER 15-05 EXECUTIVE ORDER 15-05Preservation and Protection of...
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Sam Brownback issues order to keep anti-LGBT discrimination alive and well in...
Bigotry can still triumph! Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback became the latest GOP governor Tuesday to issue a "religious refusal" executive order that protects individuals and groups with religious objections...
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Has Sam Brownback Declared Himself Dictator? Activists Propose His EO Does...
Thomas Witt, Executive Director at Equality Kansas has long fought the battle for fair treatment of LGBT residents in the state he calls home. When the USSC declared gay marriage the law of the land,...
View ArticleChristian Right Turns to Nullification to Counter Marriage Equality
Last year in The Public Eye magazine, Rachel Tabachnick and Frank L. Cocozzelli warned of the trend on the religious and political Right toward the use of “nullification” as a means of resistance by...
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Kansas Sends Budget Warning Signs Less Than 1 Month Into New Budget
Only twenty days into the new fiscal year, and the State of Kansas is already sending up the distress signal. The budget, which was predicated largely on sales and sin taxes has had it's first...
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Kansas Governor Announces State Investigation of Planned Parenthood
While Kansas Republicans suffered a serious setback on their efforts to shut down providers this Spring, Governor Brownback has announced the new "findings" regarding gotcha video taken of Planned...
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Gov. Brownback Caught Shielding Gun-Nut, Neighbor-Terrorizing Brother from...
From The Topeka Capital-Journal:On the night of Nov. 4, 2012, a hail of gunfire cascaded from inside a large truck surging by the Peines’ home. While a sheriff’s deputy was collecting shotgun and...
View ArticleDaily Kos Radio: Kagro in the Morning, Monday, August 10, 2015
Find us on iTunes | Find us on Stitcher | RSS | Donate to support the show!David Waldman's entire radio show is a think piece:Gather around, listeners, as Greg Dworkin reads from Vox on Fox, and Other...
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Hunger Games Commence in Kansas as School Districts Go to Topeka Hat in Hand
Kansas School districts went to Topeka today in order to request more funds to fill out their budgets. Under the current block grant program -- a significant change from the past methods -- Kansas...
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