The ultra-'moderate' is a no-show at a citizens' forum. But Patricia Lightner says interest in her campaign has spiked since 'moderate' publisher joined the race

Rose candidacy in Third District lifts interest

Three of the four GOP candidates running for the Third Congressional District will be speaking at a forum in Overland Park. But the candidate who has turned up the heat in the campaign won't be one of them. [Read more...]

Merrick: 'Now he can get back in the business of beating up on the rest of us.'

Rose pulls out of Third District race citing illness

It may have been the shortest political career in recent memory. [Read more...]

Now the bad news: McCain endorses Moran. Accept the endorsement, accept the liability, some say.

First, the good news: McCain endorses Moran

First District Republican Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Hays, was endorsed Monday by former Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. McCain joined a roster of other political celebrities, including Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., in supporting Moran in his drive for the GOP nomination to run for Sam Brownback's Senate seat. [Read more...]

STATE SUPREME COURT: Administrator targets Stephen Maxwell, former assistant to Phill Kline. Skeptical pro-life advocate says the administrator 'sounds like the mouthpiece for Justice Carol Beier.'

Beier's apparent vendetta against Kline now extends to his former assistant

The threat by Kansas Supreme Court justice Carol Beier to bring ethics charges against her nemesis, former Attorney General Phill Kline, was apparently broadened Monday to include Kline's former assistant, Stephen Maxwell. [Read more...]

GLOBAL WARMISM: Skeptics point out that if researchers said there was no crisis, they'd get no money. Next: Teaching belief in global warming in science classes?

Kansas universities awarded federal grants to study climate change

The University of Kansas and Kansas State University, along with two universities in Oklahoma, have received a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation Office of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. [Read more...]

HEALTH CARE: Mast: 'Kansas taxpayers cannot afford to pay for more Medicaid violations made by SRS.'

House health committee leaders ask AG to investigate SRS for possible Medicaid fraud

Two Kansas lawmakers asked the state attorney general to investigate whether the state’s Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services participated in Medicaid fraud last year when it ignored prior denials and awarded a service provider additional funding. [Read more...]

Position puts KHCC on the Democratic side of the debate, but advocacy group claims it's 'neutral.' Senators report Kansans are saying 'no thanks' to reform plans.

Health Consumer Coalition lobbies Roberts for 'public option'

The Kansas Health Consumer Coalition has joined the health care debate, with the group’s executive director Corrie Edwards coming down on the side of the "public option" plan favored by Congressional Democrats. [Read more...]

TAXES: Report: 'Agriculture is simply not going to do it any more. It’s a very painful process.'

KU economic report says rural population shifts affect local tax bases

It may not come as a surprise to small-town managers and rural-economic development workers, but according to a report released Thursday by the Center for Applied Economics at the University of Kansas School of Business, shifts in Kansas’ population have resulted in the deterioration of local tax bases. [Read more...]

ANALYSIS: Kansas is slipping in an important national ranking with large implications for businesses and economic development. By Paul Soutar

Kansas Becoming Less Business Friendly

Kansas is slipping in an important national ranking with large implications for businesses and economic development. [Read more...]

COMMENT: Chinese dairy products? You bet. It's not just Chinese computers and Chinese kids' toys that are taking a bite out of the American economy, says Main Street Money's Bill Wyckoff. It's also the downright cheesy job the U.S. has done protecting domestic agriculture.

Udder confusion in Washington, D.C.

The sound of the Big Ben wind-up alarm clock ticking in the early morning meant one thing; soon the clock’s twin bells would be clanging like cheap noise makers at a New Year’s Eve party. [Read more...]

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