Committee closes eyes and discounts job losses in a declining economy

2010 Commission advocates tax hikes and wants more K-12 funding

The 2010 Commission, which monitors school finance, is recommending that Gov. Mark Parkinson and the Kansas Legislature raise taxes to maintain funding for K-12 education. [Read more...]

Ken Daniel: "The numbers were just way overblown."

Higher-than-expected demand for 'at risk' funding to result in millions more for education

Kansas can expect to pay out an additional $317 million to benefit at-risk students for the 2009-2010 school year, unless additional cuts are made, according to Kansas State Department of Education deputy commissioner of education Dale Dennis. [Read more...]

HEALTH CARE: Democratic plan may cut Medicare and force seniors into rationing, critics charge.

Health care bill passes House, but not before dumping taxpayer-funded abortions

The House narrowly passed the Democratic health care plan late Saturday with a vote of 220-215. The legislation will be reconciled with Senate Democratic health care bills and then face a vote in the Senate. [Read more...]

Culp: Bill may cause people to "end up signing away their rights at the end of life.”

Kansas right-to-life advocates warn against end-of-life treatment in House bill

Though the successful addition of the amendment from Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., onto Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s health care plan was considered a huge success for the right-to-life community, advocates are continuing to push for additional changes within the bill that address end-of-life issues. [Read more...]

POLITICS: Republican who ran as 'moderate gets endorsement from U.S. Senators after Stupak vote – Brownback says she has “conservative values”

Kansas' two Republican Senators endorse Jenkins

Sen. Pat Roberts and Sen. Sam Brownback jointly announced today their endorsement of Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Second District, in her 2010 Congressional re-election campaign. [Read more...]

Kansas U.S. Reps. Tiahrt and Moran unite with U.S. Sens. to endorse Jenk

Add: Kansas' two Republican senators endorse Jenkins

Second District Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins has the official support of the entire Kansas Republican delegation in her 2010 re-election campaign. [Read more...]

Pelosi: In passing health care reform, "we leave no veteran behind." Local Republican legislators and veterans not so sure.

Veterans celebrate in shadow of Democratic health care passage

Local veterans are finding it harder to celebrate their honorary day, as many are still focusing on the fact the Democrats health care plan passed the House just four days ago. [Read more...]

TECHNOLOGY: Heartland Institute spokesman: additional FCC regulations could have Internet service providers "playing 'Mother May I' with the government."

Brownback, Roberts fight against FCC Internet regulations

Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback, along with Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, is leading opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s attempts to increase government regulation of the Internet through net neutrality guidelines. [Read more...]

CRIME: DNA of unborn turned over to KBI; county and district attorneys next in line

Few prosecutions coming from Kansas child rape protection law

A law passed in 2005 requires that abortionists extract fetal tissue during an abortion if the girl is younger than 14 years old and then submit this tissue to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The law was intended to be an additional tool that law enforcement could use to prosecute child rapists. [Read more...]

TERROR-TRIALS: Rep. Tiahrt: Action will "appease" liberal extremists

Kansans blast Obama administration giving accused terrorists civil trial

The Obama administration’s decision to allow the accused 9/11 terrorists to be tried in New York in a civil trial has angered a variety of Americans, including some service men and women who have fought in the Iraq War, survivors of the terrorist attacks and many Republican legislators. [Read more...]

COMMENT: You may be broke, but that's because you're not a Chinese banker. Giving away Americans' tax dollars, reports Main Street Money's Bill Wyckoff, is so popular, it's spreading around the world.

The Year of the Yankee Sucker

I’m just guessing, but apparently I’ve been stressing out a little at work lately. [Read more...]

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