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Kansas Bioscience Authority approves $1.8 million in investments, loans
By Matt Erickson
June 10, 2013
A Kansas Bioscience Authority committee Monday approved about $1.8 million in investments and loans for three different companies, including manufacturers of biodegradable plastics and medicine capsules for livestock. By Matt Erickson
Kansas withholding funds for vehicle system
The Associated Press
June 10, 2013
Kansas will be holding back its final payment to a Minnesota company handling the state’s new motor vehicle system until the program’s problems are resolved. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports on Monday that the state previously said it was withholding the final 10 percent of its payment on the $25 million contract with 3M CO. until all the known problems with the system were rectified.
$10 million biotech center expansion groundbreaking set for Friday at KU
By Scott Rothschild
June 10, 2013
Gov. Sam Brownback will join Kansas University, city and business leaders for a groundbreaking ceremony to note the $10 million expansion of the Bioscience & Technology Business Center, which is already the largest business incubator network in the Midwest.
Police investigating death of Ottawa woman
By Meagan Thomas
June 9, 2013
The Ottawa Police Department is investigating the death of a 29-year-old woman after responding to a report of a dead body found in an apartment.
Lawrence author honored for historical fiction work in national contest
Staff reports
June 9, 2013
Lawrence author Tom Mach earned recognition in this year’s International Book Awards for his novel, “Angels at Sunset.”
Regents, Legislature going in opposite directions on higher education funding
By Scott Rothschild
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
Wheel Genius: Roadwork planned for this week
Staff Reports
June 9, 2013
Roadwork planned for the week of June 9.
Kansas governor’s chief spokeswoman taking lottery job
John Hanna, Associated Press
June 7, 2013
The most visible member of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s staff is leaving next month to become the state Lottery’s deputy director.
Amid budget cuts to higher education, KU gets funding for adult stem cell center
By Scott Rothschild
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
Concealed-carry permit applications continue to decline after breaking state records
Staff
June 6, 2013
The number of concealed-carry permit applications filed in Kansas dropped for a second-straight month in May, after three consecutive record-breaking months earlier this year. May was the first month this year in which the number of applications dropped below 3,000.
Budget cuts to higher education lead to request for higher tuition
By Scott Rothschild
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
By Scott Rothschild
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
NRA-backed Kansas law raises tough free-speech issues
By John Hanna, Associated Press
June 5, 2013
Fresh off a series of legislative victories across the nation, the National Rifle Association has launched a new effort starting in gun-friendly Kansas seeking to clamp down on the use of government money to lobby on gun-control issues.
Liberal group to hold mock funeral for Kansas to protest Brownback’s tax measures
By Scott Rothschild
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
By Scott Rothschild
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
NBAF at center of budget fight between Obama and House Republicans
By Scott Rothschild
June 4, 2013
A project near and dear to the hearts of elected Kansas officials is in the middle of the epic budget fight between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans. The White House on Monday threatened to veto H.R. 2217, which makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. Contained in that bill is $404 million for the $1.15 billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or NBAF. The lab, which will be devoted to protection of the nation’s food supply, is to be built at Kansas State University in Manhattan. By Scott Rothschild
Analysis: 2013 legislative session over; results will be judged by Kansas voters
By Scott Rothschild
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
Wheel Genius: Roadwork planned for this week
Staff Reports
June 2, 2013
Roadwork planned for the week of June 2.
Budget approved in House with minimum number of votes needed
By Scott Rothschild
June 1, 2013
The Kansas House on Saturday approved a $14.5 billion budget despite concerns raised about cuts to higher education and the state prison system, and placing those with developmental disabilities under KanCare. By Scott Rothschild

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