Video: Gov. Brownback comments on attempts to stop national arts funding for Kansas
Gov. Sam Brownback answers a question about a group's request to have the National Endowment for the Arts pull its funding for Kansas after the state cut its own funding for the Kansas Arts Commission. The president of Americans for the Arts said that allowing Kansas to receive federal arts funding while not providing any of its own would be unfair to other states. Watch »
Video: Brownback says he will consider alternatives to closing SRS offices
Gov. Sam Brownback says he will consider alternatives to closing Social and Rehabilitation Services offices as long as the department is still able to meet its budget. The department announced Friday, July 1, 2011, that it would close nine offices, including the Lawrence office, which has 87 employees. Watch »
Video: National Organization for Women demands apology from Rep. Pete DeGraaf over abortion comments
Kari Ann Rinker, state coordinator for the Kansas chapter of the National Organization for Women, on Wednesday held a news conference outside the Capitol, saying that state Rep. Pete DeGraaf, R-Mulvane, should apologize for comments he made while debating an insurance bill that restricts abortion coverage and requires that women purchase additional insurance coverage for abortions. DeGraaf said women must plan ahead, noting that he had a spare tire in his car. DeGraaf told the Lawrence Journal-World that his comments were taken out of context, but he declined to say how. Watch »
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- Romney wins Maine’s caucuses
- February 11, 2012
- Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine’s Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor won just a plurality of the Maine vote, suggesting he still has work to do to unite GOP voters behind his candidacy.
- Under fire, Obama adjusts stance on birth control policy
- February 11, 2012
- Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.
- Brownback initiatives have problems, legislative leaders say
- February 10, 2012
- Leaders from both political parties on Friday said Gov. Sam Brownback’s legislative initiatives, including overhauling the state tax code and school finance system, had problems.
- Kansas House GOP issues tax plan
- February 10, 2012
- House Republican leaders are proposing a plan to cut Kansas income taxes, removing one key objection to an earlier proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback.
- Kansas Senate leader rejects bill to allow guns on college campuses
- February 10, 2012
- The Kansas Senate leader said Friday he had no interest in a bill that would allow concealed carry of weapons on college campuses.
- Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012
- February 10, 2012
- The White House on Friday confirmed a report that President Barack Obama’s new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year. The deficit would drop to $901 billion next year under the administration’s tax and spending policies.
- Proposed abortion ban blocked by abortion foe
- 02:07 p.m., February 10, 2012 Updated 04:10 p.m.
- A leading anti-abortion legislator is blocking a push to enact a constitutional amendment that would ban on abortion in Kansas.
- Statehouse Live: House redraws its own lines with strong vote
- February 10, 2012
- Legislators must redraw boundaries for legislative, congressional and State Board of Education districts to accommodate population shifts over the past 10 years.
- Kansas House chair removes teacher rating measure
- February 9, 2012
- A proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback to post teacher evaluations on school district websites was removed Thursday from a House education bill after it sparked outrage.
- Committee hearing heats up on Kansas abortion bill
- February 9, 2012
- Temperatures rose Thursday during a committee hearing on a bill to add further restrictions on abortions.
- Public broadcasting dealt setback in House Appropriations Committee
- February 9, 2012
- The motion to remove the funding request deadlocked 10-10 and then Appropriations Chairman Rep. Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, broke the tie and voted to kill the funds.
- Romney’s losses show conservative doubts
- February 9, 2012
- Mitt Romney still can’t seem to win over the bulk of the conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party.
- After wins, new challenges await Santorum
- February 9, 2012
- One day after Rick Santorum’s startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contests ahead.
- Opponents criticize latest abortion bill in Kansas Legislature
- February 9, 2012
- Last year, five bills limiting abortion services and affordable contraception were passed by the Kansas Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback.
- Bill would give certification to batterer intervention programs
- February 9, 2012
- A Topeka man, who prefers that his name not be used, said he severely abused his wife for eight years. During this time, he said, he attended several programs to try to change and was told he had an anger issue. He simply needed to identify his “triggers” and stay away from them. Meanwhile, his wife was told she needed to monitor his moods and try to defuse them.
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