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In hearing, Sen. Roberts defends GOP health care proposal

Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas argued Monday that Kansas would come out ahead under a GOP-backed bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. During the bill's one and only hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Roberts also said that ...

GOP congressional candidate Soave still not talking about his residency

Despite repeated requests for comment by the Journal-World, Republican congressional candidate Antonio Soave is still not answering questions about his residency in the district or why he listed the address of the Eudora Post Office as his campaign committee's address. Soave is a Johnson ...

Newest candidate in 2nd District is actually registered to vote in 3rd

Former Kansas Commerce Secretary Antonio Soave, the newest Republican candidate in the 2nd District congressional race, is currently a registered voter in the 3rd District. Officials in the Kansas Secretary of State's office confirmed Friday that Soave's voter registration lists him at a ...

Kris Kobach gets public dressing-down over Breitbart column

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach received a public dressing-down Tuesday over a column he wrote last week for Breitbart News, and Kobach himself backed away from some of what he said. In [the Sept. 7 article][1], Kobach said out-of-state voters "likely" changed — through voter fraud ...