PROPERTY TAXES: 92 percent tax increase over 11 years motivates GOP to modify system

House reps work to reform property tax structure

Rep. Steve Brunk, R-Bel Aire, unveiled a tax reform bill yesterday which would allow taxpayers to have a voice in how high government can crank up property taxes. House Bill 2630 would prohibit real estate taxes on existing property from being increased without voter approval. [Read more...]

Proposed budget stabilization fund is multifaceted

Lawmaker introduces initiative to curb state spending

Today Rep. Steve Brunk, R-Bel Aire, introduced a resolution which would place limits on government spending. Brunk said HRC 5019, known as the Revenue Expenditure and Assessment Limitations (REAL) Act, would serve as a “speed limit” for the Legislature’s desire to spend. [Read more...]

POLITICS: KRA members hear from Republican candidates, Brownback, Moran, Jenkins, Tiahrt, and other candidates running for congressional seats.

ACORN investigator speaks at KRA event

The young journalist responsible for bringing ACORN’s illegal and corrupt business practices to light described her experience to the hundreds of Kansas Republican Assembly members during the KRA’s annual banquet last Friday in Topeka. The KRA’s gala banquet was part of last weekend’s Republican Kansas Days events. [Read more...]

Candidates contribute to their own campaigns, but Goyle's support is from grass roots

Democrat leads in Congressional fundraising efforts

The end of the year campaign finance reports are now available for viewing on the federal election commission’s web page. Rep. Raj Goyle, D-Wichita, and Fourth Congressional District candidate, received the highest fundraising amount of any House candidate with a total of more than $656,000 in contributions. [Read more...]

ETHICS: Chair voices suspicion of commission's partisan nature

Ethics-election committee questions ethics commission behavior

Executive Director of the Kansas Ethics Commission Carol Williams responded today to concerns from the House Elections Committee about how the commission had conducted itself within the last year. [Read more...]

NEWS FROM DC: Tiahrt: “America’s credit card is maxed out. We are tired of footing the bill for President Obama’s big bailout programs. This administration has lost touch with what folks are going through every day."

U.S. House increases debt ceiling without Republican votes

Without the support of Kansas’ Republican delegation, the U.S. House passed a bill today, 217-212, that adds an additional $1.9 trillion into the total amount the United States can borrow. [Read more...]

Declarations made by the Republican National Committee communicate priorities

RNC takes stance on life issues, missile technology and RINOs

The Republican National Committee adopted several resolutions during its annual winter meeting which wrapped up at the end of January. Among the adopted resolutions was a measure promoted by Kansas Republican national committeewoman Helen Van Etten. [Read more...]

COMMENT: Common sense would say the speaker of the US house of representatives shouldn’t be spending $100,000 of our money on booze while she flies everywhere on military planes at a cost of $18,000 an hour on our dime, says Bill Wyckoff.

Life Lessons

A lot of life lessons can be gained working on a family dairy farm. The First one is that you learn very quickly the value of getting a good education and to study hard in school so as to avoid doing this the rest of your life. [Read more...]

COMMENT: History can teach us about 'the enemy' and why we need to protect ourselves. Royce Bounds explains why one of our most basic rights during these times should not be ignored.

We Have Met the Enemy … Now What?

“I always thought that fighting for freedom was something that happened overseas, but today … we are having to fight for our freedom in our own country.” (U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt, at a conservative panel meeting with ‘Joe the Plumber’ in Topeka, Friday, January 29, 2010). [Read more...]

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