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Kansas Department of Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan defends Gov. Sam Brownback's tax plan.

Gov. Sam Brownback's Budget Director Steve Anderson speaks with Dave Trabert, president of the Kansas Policy Institute, and state Rep. Amanda Grosserode, R-Lenexa, before Anderson's presentation on the governor's budget proposal.

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Gov. Sam Brownback's policies were criticized during the "People's State of the State" rally held Monday outside the Statehouse.

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Republican legislative leaders on Monday held a news conference criticizing the court ruling that found the Legislature has shirked its constitutional duty in funding schools. From left to right are State Sen. Steve Abrams, R-Arkansas City, and chairman of the Senate Education Committee; House Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, R-Louisburg; House Speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell; Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, R-Hutchinson, who is standing at the podium; and House Speaker Pro Tem Peggy Mast, R-Emporia.

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Teachers on Monday criticized the Governor's Task Force on School Efficiency. From left to right are Mark Desetti, a lobbyist with the Kansas-National Education Association; Judy Johnson, a school counselor from Great Bend; Karen Godfrey, president of the KNEA; Jarius Jones, an instructional teaching coach from Kansas City, Kan.; Shane Heiman, a technology teacher from Emporia; and Todd Roberts, a third-grade teacher from Derby.

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Rich Beeson, national political director for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and Katie Gage, deputy campaign manager for the Romney campaign, participated Thursday in the 2012 Post-Election Conference at the Dole Institute of Politics.

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Dr. Ryan Spaulding, director of telemedicine at Kansas University Medical Center, speaks Tuesday during a news conference announcing a program to increase through telemedicine access to mental health care to military veterans. Behind from left to right are Gov. Sam Brownback, Kansas Adjutant General Lee Tafanelli, and state Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence.

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Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew and Melinda Henderson, president of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County, look at Douglas County voting records from 1912 when Kansas approved a constitutional amendment giving women equal voting rights.

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Kansas Democratic Party Chair Joan Wagnon on Friday shows the mailer on tax cuts put out by Gov. Sam Brownback's administration. Democrats say the brochure was an inappropriate use of tax dollars.

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From left to right, state Sen. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, and Casey Moore, R-Topeka, chat with people in the crowd Tuesday night prior to the start of a forum for the 19th State Senate District race. The forum drew about 100 people at a lodge near Lake Shawnee in Topeka.

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Speaking Monday at Highland Park Central Elementary is Karen Godfrey, president of the Kansas-National Education Association. Behind her from left are Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, and House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence. The three unveiled a website for Kansans to take a survey on how school finance cuts have affected schools.

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Candidates in seven races met Monday for forums that were telecast live on Channel 6. Pictured here are from left to right state Rep. Anthony Brown, R-Eudora, moderators Ann Gardner, editorial page editor of the Lawrence Journal-World, and Cory Smith, 6News anchor, and state Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City.

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Sid Voorakkara with Patriot Majority USA delivers letter to Gov. Sam Brownback's office. The group urged Brownback to change his policies.

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A group called Patriot Majority USA pulled up in its anti-Koch bus at the Statehouse on Friday.

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Richard Ziesenis, with the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, testifies Tuesday to the Legislative Budget Committee on the impact of losing state funds from the Local Environmental Protection Program.

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Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer speaks Monday to members of the Governor's Task Force on School Efficiency during a lunch break. Colyer said getting more dollars into classroom instruction was an important issue.

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Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert testifies on Monday to the Governor's Task Force on School Efficiency, which is charged with making recommendations to increase funds directly related to classroom instruction and reduce administrative expenses.

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Mailers produced by conservative groups have tried to link President Barack Obama to moderate Republican state Senate Republican Vicki Schmidt of Topeka. Schmidt was one of the few moderate Republicans to survive to GOP primary. Democratic legislative candidates expect the same treatment from the conservative groups in the general election.

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