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'Just a Complete Constitutional Crisis' in Kansas: 'BradCast' 9/15/2015
Guest: Matthew Menendez of Brennan Center for Justice | Plus: Rain in L.A.; Rightwing Aussie PM ousted; GOPers for climate action; Liberty U. students respond to Sanders...On today's BradCast: The most...
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August Job Losses in Kansas Leave Republicans Baffled: Promises of Sunshine...
Republicans have it all in Kansas. A governor who is a firm believer in small government policies and tax cuts for business owners, a legislative body which is filled with a super-majority of largely...
View ArticleYour Republican WTF Moment of the Day
Courtesy of Republican and Governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback, discussing what's most important, in a manner of speaking:Gov. Sam Brownback wants Kansans to be ready for the zombie apocalypse.The...
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Sam Brownback Reshuffles State Environmental Employees as State Funds...
Sam Brownback began an effort to re-shuffle state employees, using a study the employees themselves have never seen and may not even exist, reports Jonathan Shorman of the Topeka capital Journal....
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Waiting for Kansas Sunshine: The Last Hours of Independence Hospital
In the vestibule of Mercy hospital staff gathered, on Friday, to remember a facility that had been a key part of life in Independence, Kansas. A statue of the Virgin Mary stood in the entryway, to...
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Asleep at the Wheel: State of Kansas Leaves Nuclear Power Plant Safety...
Jonathan Shorman of the Topeka Capital Journal yesterday delivered a bit of shocking news: KDHE, a department which has recently went through staff shuffling, doesn't provide any means by which to...
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New Polling Data Puts Sam Brownback at 18% Approval Rating
Governor Sam Brownback has entered into territory rarely seen by a politician in Kansas. As an elected Republican, his net approval rating has cratered below 20%. Fort Hays State University runs a...
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Brownback Administration Employee Asks: "Do we want these slow learners voting?"
Color this awkward. Angela De Rocha, current spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services took time out of her schedule to pan the idea of voter education promoted by League...
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Brownback Administration Backs KDADS Spokeman Who Asked "Do We Want Slow...
The Brownback administration has responded to concerns parents and advocates have in regards to Angela De Rocha's comments regarding slow learners, and their response is: go away....
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Kansas Misses Fourth Straight Projection as Revenue Enters Freefall
It was 1992 when Wesley Snipes opened up the trailer for Passenger 57 with the growl: "Always bet on Black". At the Kansas State House in Topeka, the catch phrase may be: always bet against...
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Kansas Holds Hearing on Pressing Business: Stopping Gay Foster Parents
The State of Kansas saw a boom in the population of foster children over the last few years, combined with significant difficulties managing cases of child abuse. Many point to ongoing budgetary...
View ArticleKansas politicians hit new polling lows while voters continue to feel the Bern
A year into his second term as governor, Sam Brownback’s approval rating in Kansas sunk to an abysmal 18%. The most unpopular governor in the United States now has company in the sunflower...
View ArticleJudge Unseals Bombshell: Kansas DCF Engaged in Witch Hunt Practices Against...
Friday, District Judge Kathleen Sloan unsealed the 2013 ruling regarding the placement of a child by Kansas Department of Children and Family Services (DCF), and in it dropped a bombshell: the State of...
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Gov Brownback Travels to DC to Receive Award - For a Law Vacated Before He...
Governor Sam Brownback made his way to Washington DC this Friday to receive an award on behalf of the National Pro-Life Council. Problem: while he was receiving the award, Kansas courts upheld an...
View ArticleKansas Citizen's Utility Rate Board Fires Counsel Over Dispute About...
Like many states, public utilities in Kansas face a utility rates board. Utilities, which are for the most part monopolies, accept this trade off and the state provides input into rate increases,...
View ArticleCSGOPOTD: Bill Otto
Today we are proud to present the 437th original “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profile, and we’re going to talk about Bill Otto, a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, who...
View ArticleKansas DCF Staff Discuss Discrimination Issues. With a Group That Favors...
The Kansas Department of Children & Family Services has been under fire over the past few months, related to the nature of their staffing and whether or not they place children based on...
View ArticleKS Statistician Calls for Hand-Counting After Court Blocks 'Paper Trail'...
GUEST: Wichita University's Beth Clarkson on her case and continuing concerns about 'manipulation' of 2014 touch-screen election results | ALSO: Trump wins again in NV, are Dems getting worried...
View ArticleFor Those Who Had Any Doubts, Kansas Has Officially Gone Insane.
For those who had any remaining doubts, Kansas has officially gone insane, with its Republican dominated legislature now trying to pass a law effectively nullifying the state’s Judiciary system:A...
View ArticlePunishing the poor is not going to end poverty
When you go to the grocery store, do you pay attention to what the person in front of you is purchasing? Do you watch carefully to see how they pay? Oftentimes you will hear someone tell a story about...
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