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Category Archives: Sam Brownback
A Silver Lining to the DNC Hack & Trump’s “Vote Stealing” Conspiracy Talk
Donald Trump can see the handwriting on the wall. The American people have judged him and found him wanting, and it appears that absent a surprising turnaround he is headed for a big defeat .
Budget-woes-weary Kansans oust 11 GOP incumbents
Gov. Sam Brownback had for years assured the public that the income-tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy, supply plenty of money for schools and give other states a "pro-growth" policy model to follow. But voters, including many Republicans, appear to have rejected that idea in the face of budget woes and court battles over education funding.
Goddard, Schimidt to face off for Senate seat
Kansas Senate District 15 residents will have someone new to the capitol representing them next year as Republican Dan Goddard of Parsons beat his opponent Tuesday to win the right to face fellow newcomer Chuck Schmidt, a Democrat from Independence. Goddard defeated State Rep. Virgil Peck of Tyro 3,469 to 3,301 in the Republican primary.
Cardinals’ Mathieu signs big contract on ‘proud day’
The Cardinals and All-Pro defensive back Mathieu have... . An injured Arizona Cardinals' Tyrann Mathieu gets a hug from starting quarterback Carson Palmer during practice at the NFL football team's training camp Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz.
Correction: Hot Air Balloon Crash-Texas story
The U.S. Supreme Court says a Virginia school board can block a transgender male from using the boy's bathroom at his school until it decides whether to intervene in his case. A Virginia school board can block a transgender male from using the boys restroom when school starts next month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Review: “Suicide Squad”
Officers with the Miami Police Department distributed bottles of bug spray to homeless residents of the Wynwood, Miami area of Florida Tuesday in an effort to help ... -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea Wednesday morning local time, according to South Korea's defence military. According to BBC, Sou... McDonald's Corp will replace corn syrup in hamburger buns with sugar this month and has removed antibiotics that are important to human medicine from its chicken month... -- The first child to undergo a dual hand transplant threw the first pitch at an Orioles game Tuesday.
GOP moderates make Kansas primary about schools, budget woes
Moderate Republicans were making the Kansas primary a referendum on the state's budget problems and education funding as they tried Tuesday to oust conservative incumbents. More than two dozen GOP legislators faced primary opponents, and most were allies of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback who continued to support his experiment in cutting state income taxes to stimulate the economy.
Kansas tax collections $13M short of expectations in July
Kansas' tax collections fell nearly $13 million short of expectations in July, and the report of the shortfall Monday came on the eve of a primary election in which Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's critics hoped to oust some of his legislative allies. The state Department of Revenue reported that Kansas collected $425 million in taxes last month.
S&P drops Kansas credit rating, citing ongoing budget issues
A major rating agency on Tuesday downgraded Kansas' credit rating for the second time in two years because of the state's budget problems. S&P Global Ratings dropped its rating for Kansas to "AA-," from AA, three months after putting the state on a negative credit watch.
Mike Pence, Trump’s VP pick, shares striking similarities with Brownback
As the Republican National Convention gets underway in Cleveland, the similarities between Donald Trump's vice presidential pick, Mike Pence, and Gov. Sam Brownback are striking.
Budget cuts hurt elderly
In 1989, the Kansas Legislature passed the Senior Care Act to help elderly Kansans live independently and comfortably in their own homes.
More sunshine in Kansas government
Whatever the weather in Kansas on Friday and beyond, governments around the state will operate in more sunshine. That's because of the new state law that considers public officials' e-mails about public business to be public records, even if they're sent using private e-mail accounts or personal devices.
Kansas lawmakers pass school funding fix to avert shutdown
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.
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.
News 10 Mins Ago Kansas lawmakers pass school funding fix to avert shutdown
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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.
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.
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.