OBAMACARE: Senate committee plan says Americans must purchase health care or face penalties and jail time

Local lawmakers oppose proposals punishing those without health insurance

Health reform initiatives, including the most recent health plan from Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, include mandates that United States citizens be covered by some type of health insurance, with a failure to do so resulting in fines. If a person is unable to pay the fines, they could face jail time, according to a Joint Committee on Taxation staff member. [Read more...]

Health and human services tries to silence company's criticism of Obamacare. Roberts: Seniors have a right to know their Medicare plans will be cut.

Roberts blasts Sebelius gag order on Humana

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, has ordered Humana, a private health benefit company, to stop disseminating information critical of President Barack Obama’s health reform plans. [Read more...]

Look to the left, look to the right, look to the left again, and again, and again...

Kansans influenced by the left through Herndon Alliance-affiliated organizations

As the health care debate heats up, with a vote on a plan expected in the Senate Finance Committee within the next week, connections between pro-health reform organizations both locally and nationwide have started to surface and become more prominent. [Read more...]

FINANCIAL CRISIS: House majority leader: 'All of the increases we did while Sebelius was governor were just obscene'

As tax estimates drop, education-funding supporters demand more money

According to the Kansas Department of Revenue, September tax revenue came in at $67 million less than expected, largely due to falling individual income tax receipts, which came in at $63.1 million less than what had been estimated. [Read more...]

ABORTION: KFL official: 'Predators need to know that clinics are under the pressure of law to report pregnant minors'

Pro-life organization charges AG with lax enforcement of abortion monitoring

Kathy Ostrowski, Kansans for Life legislative director, said that although Kansas has recently strengthened its child abuse reporting laws, abortion clinics are not feeling pressured by Attorney General Steve Six to report cases of sexual abuse to the proper authorities. [Read more...]

POLITICS: Republican lawmakers back HR 554, which would allow for public scrutiny before votes are cast. Moore withholds his support.

Kansas GOP congressional delegation supports bill to post proposed legislation online

The Kansas Republican congressional delegation has signaled its support for a bill that would require proposed legislation to be posted online at least 72 hours before a vote, allowing time for public reaction and comment. [Read more...]

COMMENT: The stuff the turkeys do in Washington, D.C. is like an early Thanksgiving present - at least for people with a sense of humor. Main Street Money's Bill Wyckoff explains the jokes.

A harvest of taxpayer-funded fun and games

It is absolutely beautiful in Kansas. 

Temperatures in the 70s, blue skies and puffy white clouds.  It is also fall harvest time, a little later than usual but we are hoping for bumper crops.  The much cooler summer has delayed the crop harvest so now it is overlapping fall calving time.  Farmers are working double duty and since they don’t punch time clocks. It's just business as usual, working until the job is done.  [Read more...]

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