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- Legislative education committee lobs pre-emptive strike against more budget cuts
- November 20, 2009
- A state committee on Friday sought to put the brakes on further cuts to education.
- Statehouse Live: Committee seeks to stop education cuts
- 10:36 a.m., November 20, 2009 Updated 10:36 a.m.
- Issue of seeking federal waiver is discussed.
- Tax on cosmetic procedures could help fund health reform
- November 20, 2009
- They call it the “Botax.” The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.
- Former independent counsel praises Constitution in speech
- System for investigating U.S. officials ‘was not sound,’ he says in interview
- November 20, 2009
- If Ken Starr could change the U.S. Constitution, he would eliminate the requirement that the president must be a natural-born citizen.
- Statehouse Live: Diverse opinions expected in school finance discussion; Life Sciences building named after Hemenway
- 10:30 a.m., November 19, 2009 Updated 02:40 p.m.
- Appropriations panel sets up funding review; Regents approve naming KU Med Center research facility
- Official: Repealing tax exemptions would help finance state services
- Exemptions since ’95 have taken $10.9B from state treasury, leader says
- November 19, 2009
- A top official in Gov. Mark Parkinson’s administration on Wednesday said Kansas needs to repeal some tax exemptions to provide the revenue needed to fund crucial state services.
- Obama, Holder predict conviction in 9/11 case
- November 19, 2009
- From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted and executed.
- Byrd longest-serving Congress member
- November 19, 2009
- Sen. Robert C. Byrd became history’s longest-serving member of Congress on Wednesday, earning a formal salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service.
- Obama met with half brother while in China
- November 19, 2009
- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share.
- ‘Tough, hard’ cuts on way for higher ed
- November 19, 2009
- Preparing for another round of budget cuts, the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday started to tamp down expectations.
- Statehouse Live: More higher education cuts expected, regents say
- 02:56 p.m., November 18, 2009 Updated 02:56 p.m.
- Parkinson expected to make budget cuts next week.
- Regents to discuss state higher education funding in Kansas at Wednesday meeting
- November 18, 2009
- The board that oversees Kansas’ higher education system is considering its funding problems.
- Obama: Rally the world for climate deal next month
- November 18, 2009
- President Barack Obama, with China’s leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad interim accord at next month’s climate conference that he said will lead to immediate action and “rally the world” toward a solution on global warming.
- Health care reform would bring benefits to Kansas, study finds
- November 17, 2009
- Health insurance reforms being debated in Congress would save the state up to $50 million per year and dramatically reduce the number of uninsured Kansans, according to a study released Tuesday by the Kansas Health Policy Authority.
- Political newcomer announces Democratic campaign for Kansas governor
- 02:34 p.m., November 17, 2009 Updated 04:49 p.m.
- One year before the 2010 election, a Democrat has emerged to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback in the race for governor.
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