Kansas legislators close to passing school funding plan
State Rep. Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, along with the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, looks over their new school finance plan. Friday June 24, 2016, at the statehouse in Topeka, Kan.
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Kirsten Gillibrand decries Congress’ inaction on gun control
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand greets people before addressing the Long Island Association at their office in Melville, Friday, June 24, 2016. Photo Credit: Steve Pfost Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand greets people before addressing the Long Island Association at their office in Melville, Friday, June 24, 2016.
Legislature passes school finance plan to wrap special session
Rep. Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, along with the House Appropriations Committee, looks over the new school finance plan Friday afternoon at the statehouse. The bill would direct some profits from the sale of the Kansas Bioscience Authority to the State General Fund so that it may be used for school equity.
Kansas legislators struggle with passing school funding plan
Top Republicans were forced Friday to rewrite an education funding plan in hopes of pushing it through the Kansas Legislature, satisfying a court mandate and ending a looming threat that public schools across the state may shut down.
House ethics panel finds no wrongdoing by GOP Rep. Buchanan
The House Ethics Committee has ended a four-year probe into Republican congressman Vern Buchanan of Florida, finding no evidence that the lawmaker violated House rules. The ethics panel said in a report Friday there is not enough evidence to conclude that Buchanan himself was aware of unlawful payments made by companies affiliated with Buchanan to reimburse campaign contributors.
Todd Wilcox drops out of Florida Senate race, backs Rubio
Businessman Todd Wilcox is dropping out of Florida's Senate race and will back Marco Rubio, who decided at the last minute to run for re-election. That leaves only Carlos Beruff in the GOP primary against Rubio, who dropped out of the presidential election in March and insisted he wouldn't seek a second term.
Advocates: $2.1 million cut to Senior Care Act will force more elderly Kansans out of homes
Panning as "penny wise and pound foolish" a recent $2.1 million cut to the state's Senior Care Act, 11 agencies that implement the program said the setback will force more elderly Kansans out of their homes and into expensive nursing facilities. "How does this make sense? This cut takes more than $2 million from a $7 million budget," said Janis DeBoer, executive director of the Kansas Association of Area Agencies on Aging and Disabilities, or K4AD, during a news conference Friday.
Wilcox drops out of Senate race, backs Rubio
Businessman Todd Wilcox is dropping out of Florida's Senate race and will back Marco Rubio, who decided at the last minute to run for re-election. That leaves only Carlos Beruff in the GOP primary against Rubio, who dropped out of the presidential election in March and insisted he wouldn't seek a second term.
Senators says cable TV users arena t refunded for overcharges
A Senate investigation of cable TV costs released Thursday criticized two major cable companies for consistently failing to provide refunds to customers they knew had been overcharged. The Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee found Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications made no effort to trace set-top box equipment overcharges and to provide refunds to customers.
Bipartisan action, not D.C. theatrics
Democratic House members, with some support from their colleagues in the Senate, staged a sit-in over 25 hours on Capitol Hill worthy of the civil- rights movement, publicizing their frustration over the lack of formulating meaningful gun-control legislation. Even after the Republican majority adjourned the session early Thursday morning until after the July 4th holiday, Democrats maintained their vigil, exploiting social media in an effort to gain popular -- if not congressional -- support.
U.S. Rep John Lewis leads sit-in on the floor of the hosue of Reps
Reps. John B. Larson and John Lewis led a group of more than 170 of their colleagues in an unprecedented sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives. Backed by their Senate colleagues and hundreds of Americans inside and outside of the Capitol, they called for votes on commonsense background checks for all gun purchases and preventing potential terrorists from purchasing firearms.
Ryan is right to tackle federal regulations, but we must look at state and local, too
Paul Ryan Ryan is right to tackle federal regulations, but we must look at state and local, too House Republicans roll out new blueprint for tax reform Britain votes to leave European Union MORE and House Republicans announced a series of policy proposals to create "a confident America, where everyone has the chance to go out and succeed no matter where they start in life." The goals of this initiative, " A Better Way ," are certainly admirable.
Oklahoma voters consider another switch in House delegation
Oklahoma voters sent three new congressmen to Washington in the past four years, and Republicans are considering whether it is time to switch again. Navy pilot Jim Bridenstine upset a five-term GOP congressman in 2012, the same year plumber Markwayne Mullin won a House seat from eastern Oklahoma.
Campaign cash fuels final sprint to Senate primary finish
Drawing upon their personal wealth, two candidates in Colorado's race for U.S. Senate have dominated the spending in the five-way fight for the Republican nomination, more than doubling the combined amount paid by their three opponents for television ads, yard signs and other campaign expenses. Together, businessmen Robert Blaha and Jack Graham have spent more than $1.9 million through June 8, about twice the roughly $882,000 paid by rivals Ryan Frazier, Darryl Glenn and Jon Keyser, according to federal fundraising records.
White House says coal royalty hike would have modest effect
A sharp increase in royalties paid by companies extracting U.S.-owned coal would trigger only modest mining reductions, according to a White House report that refutes claims the Western coal industry would be decimated by proposed reforms. The report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers comes after new sales of federal coal leases were halted in January.
Brownback not bragging about state borrowing now
The state government borrowed $300 million internally in 2013 to help with its cash flow. Gov. Sam Brownback noted at the time that when he came into office in 2011 , the state had been borrowing about $700 million.
SCOTUS Rules on Immigration, Affirmative Action; House Dems End Gun…
Last CA nuke plant will close; Judge nixes Obama's fracking rules; Study: Toxic chemicals found in residents near fracking sites; PLUS : Researchers turn carbon emissions into stone... Rep. Ted Deutch explains House protest, calls GOP shutdown of C-SPAN 'astonishing', lack of vote on guns 'disgusting'... OUR 700TH EPISODE!!! Record heat in S.W.; CA snowpack gone; Bernie wants YOU to fight climate change; PLUS : Obama warns climate change coming for national parks... Plus: Sanders' call for progressive candidates, the GOP/NRA/Trump lies and obstruction on guns, and more evidence elections matter... As you might imagine, the nation's political cartoonists have a few thoughts following Orlando.
Supreme Court deadlock on immigration will have far-reaching implications
A deadlocked Supreme Court decision that blocks President Barack Obama from granting amnesty to the parents of legal U.S. residents who are in the country illegally will deprive many of those people of the right to sign up for health insurance in California, analysts of the decision said Thursday. Most immigrants who are in the country illegally already are barred from signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care law widely known as Obamacare.
In Raising Funds for Paul Ryan, Is Tim Cook Emulating Trump?
While there's been strong criticism of Apple CEO Tim Cook's decision to host a fundraiser for U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans, it seems he's doing what business leaders often do in the political world, even a businessman Cook deeply disdains. "As a businessman that deals all over the world, you give.