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Senate votes to provide unemployment payment relief to businesses

Governor threatens amended version of bill with veto, committee chair forced to support original version

In a very unusual move, the Kansas Senate voted today not to adopt the committee report on a piece of legislation aimed at tackling issues with the state’s unemployment compensation taxes. In its original form, House Bill [Read more...]

The legacy of overfunded schools

Speaker of the House responds: "state government should take a lesson from Kansas families and learn to live within its means"

Gov. Mark Parkinson is catching a healthy amount of criticism today after he issued a statement proposing tax increases as a means to fix the state’s budget crisis.

To patch up the state’s current $106 million deficit Parkinson ordered administration officials cuts, transfers and adjustments to close $52 million of the gap, and proposed that the Kansas Legislature cut $28 million from [Read more...]

State sovereignty tabled in House committee

Democrats and left-wing Republicans work to defeat tenth amendment resolution

Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee successfully teamed up today to table legislation which supports state sovereignty. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1615 passed the Senate last month 33-7 mostly along party lines after a brief debate.

The legislation is meant to serve as a tool to remind the federal government that they only have powers enumerated to them through the U.S. Constitution and to [Read more...]

Moran sticks by criticism of Tiahrt

Kansas House Republicans speak out against Moran's "attack" on Tiahrt after ethics commission cleared Tiahrt of any wrongdoing

On Feb. 26, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct released a statement announcing that Rep. Todd Tiahrt, a Republican representing Kansas’ Fourth District, had been cleared of committing any alleged ethical misconduct.

Tiahrt and six other representatives were investigated for possibly engaging in unethical behavior in regard to transactions between the  [Read more...]

Will you feed me when I'm 64?

Which is better: the wisdom of the ages? Or the wisdom of the aged? Bill Wyckoff explains why oldies are golden.

This Beatles song was just one of the many things going on in 1967. My draft status did provide additional motivation to do well in school. [Read more...]
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