Here are today’s headlines from Kansas government:(KTKA) HPV bill appears dead: Many states are still considering proposal that would have required girls in sixth grade be vaccinated against HPV – a sexually transmitted disease than can cause cervical cancer. But here lawmakers didn’t pass the legislation.(Harris News Service) Payday loan restrictions stalled: A growth in the payday and auto title lending around the state has sparked protest from critics who believe such loans take advantage of the working poor. Industry representatives argue that they’re simply serving a group of consumers with credit needs not being met by other financial services providers. The debate over whether such open-ended, short-term lenders should face additional restrictions has divided lawmakers as well. As a result, new limits being discussed in the Legislature appear to be going nowhere fast this session.(AP) Kansas marching toward presidential primary: With growing agreement among legislators that Kansas ought to hold a presidential primary in early February 2008, a bill aimed at making it possible won first-round approval Wednesday in the Senate.(LJW) Republicans reject minimum wage increase: The Kansas House on Wednesday rejected an attempt to increase the state minimum wage, which at $2.65 per hour is the lowest in the nation. There were 56 votes to increase the state minimum wage to the same level as the federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour. But there was were 63 votes, all Republicans, against it.(Wichita Eagle) Lawmakers consider cutting corporate income tax: A cut in the corporate income tax by the Kansas Legislature appears likely this session, but just how much remains unclear.Two bills are making their way through the House Taxation Committee to reduce the corporate income tax rate.(Topeka Capital-Journal) Funeral protest restrictions approved: Restrictions on funeral pickets are one step closer to becoming law as the Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would keep protesters 300 feet from services.(Kansas Health Institute News Service) Larned State Hospital deaths under investigation: The deaths of two residents at Larned State Hospital are being investigated by the Disability Rights Center of Kansas.(KC Star) Soccer STAR bonds advance: Olathe wanted an extra financing option to attract a professional soccer stadium, and a Kansas Senate committee delivered it on Wednesday. The Senate Commerce Committee approved a change in the law on sales tax financing – known as STAR bonds – that allows a “major multi-sport athletic complex” to be built using sales taxes generated by the complex, which could be a stadium or arena.