Video: Gov. Brownback discusses arts
Gov. Sam Brownback discusses the future of the arts in Kansas. Watch »
Video: Gov. Brownback discusses higher education
Gov. Sam Brownback would like to raise the rankings of the KU Medical Center and says the state needs to produce more engineers. Watch »
Video: Gov. Brownback discusses GOP candidates
Kansas governor Sam Brownback disclosed who he considers to be the leading candidate for the Republican party in the 2012 presidential race. Watch »
Video: Gov. Brownback discusses education funding issues
Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday spoke to reporters and editors at the Lawrence Journal-World. Brownback said growing the economy was his primary goal as he prepares for the 2012 legislative session that starts next month. Watch »
Video: Gov. Brownback discusses taxes and education
Gov. Sam Brownback said he would like to lower individual income taxes and most likely would not touch corporate taxes. Watch »
State of the State reactions
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback gives his first State of the State address. State Rep. Barbara Ballard and State Rep. Tom Sloan react to the speech.
Governor Sam Brownback's inauguration day
Governor Sam Brownback was inaugurated on Monday, Jan. 10, 2010 in the Kansas House chamber. After his inauguration, he held his first cabinet meeting.
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Governor Sam Brownback's inauguration
Photos from Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's inauguration on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011.
- Kansas Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition, fee increases
- June 18, 2013
- Students attending Kansas University, and other state public universities, will find out how much they will have to pay after the Kansas Board of Regents votes Wednesday on tuition and fee proposals. By Scott Rothschild
- Decisions on KU budget cuts now in hands of deans, other leaders
- June 17, 2013
- Now that Gov. Sam Brownback has approved a budget, Kansas University leaders have about two weeks to determine just where the damage will fall from about $7.5 million in state funding cuts for the coming year. By Matt Erickson
- Officials cheer $10 million expansion of bioscience incubator at KU
- June 14, 2013
- It was a bit of déjà vu Friday morning for Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. One of the first things she did after coming to KU in 2009, she remembered, was to stick a shovel into a hillside on the university’s West Campus to mark the groundbreaking for a new business incubator. On Friday, she was there again to do much the same thing. By Matt Erickson
- Brownback signs Kansas income tax cut bill into law
- June 13, 2013
- Proclaiming Kansas “open for business,” Gov. Sam Brownback on Thursday signed into law a measure that makes additional income tax cuts over the next five years while generating new revenue through higher sales taxes and other adjustments.
- Regents, Legislature going in opposite directions on higher education funding
- June 9, 2013
- Robba Moran — a member of the Kansas Board of Regents and wife of U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. — says that when her husband comes home to Hays on the weekend, the two of them have a whinefest. He whines about federal agencies. Her whine? “I have a Legislature that doesn’t seem to value education,” she says. Robba Moran, a Republican, and other Republicans and Democrats on the regents last week blasted the Legislature for cutting the higher education budget. By Scott Rothschild
- Amid budget cuts to higher education, KU gets funding for adult stem cell center
- June 7, 2013
- As Kansas University officials bemoaned legislative budget cuts, Kansas Board of Regents member Ed McKechnie wondered if those cuts could be alleviated somewhat by diverting funds that KU received in another area but didn’t request. McKechnie, of Arcadia, was talking about the $2 million allocated over two years to start and run the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center at the KU Medical Center. By Scott Rothschild
- Budget cuts to higher education lead to request for higher tuition
- June 6, 2013
- College students at public universities in Kansas will pay more in tuition because of budget cuts to higher education that were approved by the Legislature, officials said Thursday. In considering proposed tuition increases at Kansas University and other universities, Kansas Board of Regents members roundly criticized the budget cuts approved this weekend by Republican legislators. Short-sighted, vindictive, hypocritical, and irresponsible were just some of the adjectives used by regents to describe the $66 million, or 5.7 percent cut to higher education over the next 2 years. By Scott Rothschild
- Regents blast higher education budget cuts approved by Legislature, say tuition will increase, call on Brownback to veto portion of cuts
- 10:19 a.m., June 6, 2013 Updated 03:25 p.m.
- The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday blasted the Legislature for cutting higher education and urged Gov. Sam Brownback to veto the part of the budget that caps salary expenses at public universities. Displeasure over the Legislature’s budget came as the regents started consideration of tuition increases, which the schools said were going to be higher because of the legislative budget cuts. By Scott Rothschild
- Liberal group to hold mock funeral for Kansas to protest Brownback’s tax measures
- June 5, 2013
- A mock wake and funeral for the state of Kansas will be held in Lawrence on Saturday to protest Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax policies. By Scott Rothschild
- Analysis group believes new tax plan could ruin Kansas
- June 5, 2013
- A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that analyzes tax policy warned Wednesday that the tax plan recently approved by the Kansas Legislature could put the state “on a path to ruin.” By Scott Rothschild
- Analysis: 2013 legislative session over; results will be judged by Kansas voters
- June 3, 2013
- So-called conservative Republicans flexed their muscle during the 2013 Legislature, and it will be up to Kansas voters to decide whether that’s a good thing. By Scott Rothschild
- House rejects another tax increase, negotiations to continue
- May 30, 2013
- Another day, another proposed tax increase shot down in the House. This one, which would have raised taxes nearly $700 million over 5 years, was the product of a mini-revolt among Republicans and died Thursday on an 18-94 vote. By Scott Rothschild
- Freshmen Republicans in the House don’t like options provided so far from their leaders
- May 29, 2013
- A bumper crop of freshmen House Republicans are getting antsy about being told to increase taxes to provide revenue because of last year’s deep tax cuts that were approved before they ran for office. By Scott Rothschild
- Another tax increase bites the dust in the House; Democrats call for end to session
- May 28, 2013
- The Kansas House on Tuesday rejected an $857 million tax increase, throwing the overtime session into further turmoil. By Scott Rothschild
- Kansas Legislature returns to face tax, budget decisions
- May 27, 2013
- The current legislative session is tied into knots over taxes and spending because legislators are trying to unravel what a Republican majority led by Gov. Sam Brownback did last year. By Scott Rothschild
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- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 103 comments
- U.S. Supreme Court strikes down voter registration law similar to the one in Kansas June 17, 2013 · 74 comments
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- Letter: Energy folly June 15, 2013 · 39 comments
- On the street: Is protesting outside a public official’s house appropriate? June 18, 2013 · 15 comments
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013 · 2 comments
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- New TV deal expands KU athletics coverage, access June 18, 2013
- Terrific threes: A look at KU’s top small forwards in the Self era June 18, 2013
- Editorial: Arts decline June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- Newton company to benefit from state budget proviso after 'Read to Succeed' initiative not approved June 17, 2013
- Residents irate over quarry blasting June 18, 2013
- Fix-It Chick: Controlling roly-polies June 17, 2013
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