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Investments alone won't restore KPERS deficit
By Gene Meyer
No pension checks are threatened, but state pension plan needs fundamental reform to become solvent, says KU economist Art Hall. (Read More)
Sales tax rates go up in Kansas, not down
By Brian R. Hook
While the governor's proposal to hike the sales tax includes a sunset provision to reverse the increase in three years, a look at state history may scupper the plan. (Read More)
Spending limit proposal quietly makes the rounds
By Brian R. Hook
While a more prominent constitutional amendment to create a rainy day fund gets the limelight, a lesser known proposal calls for spending cuts as well. (Read More)
Sovereignty ralliers: push back federal expansion
By Gene Meyer
Around 200 Kansans jam a Capitol hearing room and fifth floor hallway to demand that the federal government return to founding fathers' vision of the U.S. Constitution. (Read More)
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ProPublica predicts insolvency for Kansas' unemployment insurance fund
By Earl Glynn on January 21, 2010
Propublica, a national independent non-profit investigative journalism organization, on Wednesday reported that two dozen states have unemployment funds in the red, with nine more to be in the red within six months. Kansas is one of the states that may face insolvency in the next six months. (Read More)
Covering the Massachusetts Special Senate Election
By Paul Soutar on January 22, 2010
Here's a more complete video of the tactics used by union members in Springfield, Mass., to obstruct filming of the low turnout at a Martha Coakley for Senate rally. The harassment slowed after a union official repeatedly told the men doing the obstruction and shoving to stop. (Read More)
U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance won't affect Kansas much
By Earl Glynn on January 21, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that businesses and unions may spend freely on political campaigns, but this ruling only affects federal races in Kansas. "It won't affect us at all" was the response from Carol Williams, the executive director of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. (Read More)
State Rep Don Hineman to face ethics civil fine hearing
By Earl Glynn on January 21, 2010
Topeka. State Rep Don Hineman (R, Dighton) will face an ethics civil fine hearing at the Feb. 17 meeting of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. After a 10-minute, closed executive session on Wednesday the commission announced the hearing would be about a violation of KSA 25-4153a. (Read More)
Attorney disciplinary complaint filed against former AG Phill Kline
By Earl Glynn on January 19, 2010
Ron Keefover, Kansas Supreme Court spokesman, today announced a formal 2-count complaint against former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline. (Read More)
Kansas Senate decides who is press and who is not
By Earl Glynn on January 20, 2010
Long-time Kansas liberty-minded blogger, Bob Weeks of the Voice for Liberty in Wichita, would like press credentials to help his news coverage of the Kansas Senate in Topeka. There is just one big problem for Weeks. The Kansas Senate does not consider him a member of the "press." (Read More)
Martin Luther King's "Dream" remembered at Lincoln Memorial
By Earl Glynn on January 18, 2010
Visitors to the Lincoln Memorial this weekend were reminded of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. (Read More)
KansasWatchdog Reporter Covering Crucial Mass. Senate Race
By Paul Soutar on January 17, 2010
This KansasWatchdog.org reporter has joined about a dozen non-profit journalists affiliated with the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity and the national Watchdog.org to report on Tuesday's U.S. Senate Special Election in Massachusetts. The reporters will cover the election from Boston, Springfield and Lawrence and watch for abnormalities at the polls. (Read More) |
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