Overland Park.  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush spoke about education reform on Thursday as part of gubernatorial candidate Sam Brownback‘s Road Map for Kansas.  Brownback also discussed changing the school funding formula. At a breakfast education forum held at Johnson County Community College Bush stressed the need for K-12 reform: “If we don’t transform our [...]Read More>>

Four Kansas voters have asked the U.S. District Court in Kansas to stop lawyers elected by the state bar to the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission from participating in the selection process of Kansas Supreme Court justices. The group’s lead attorney, James Bopp Jr., has asked the court to issue a restraining order and temporary [...]Read More>>

Ten years ago the City of Wichita promised Mark Gietzen it would repair damage caused by nearby bridge construction. So far the only action Gietzen’s gotten is a May 2010 order from a city housing inspector to repair the damage himself. Wichita paid Dondlinger Construction $648,125 to replace a two-lane bridge at 55th Street South [...]Read More>>

Topeka.  The Ethics Commission met on Tuesday to discuss several recent matters mostly related to the primary election early this month. The Commission considered a number of cases where candidates for elected office failed to include “Paid for By” attribution statements on their campaign materials, which is required by law.Read More>>

The Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys issued its final hearing report about the case against Eric Rucker that was held on May 13. The Board acquitted Rucker of most wrongdoing except for two infractions that Rucker’s attorney previous described as “hyper-technical.”  However, the panel said: “The Respondent’s violations of the Kansas Rules of Professional [...]Read More>>

The Americans for Prosperity bus stopped in Overland Park on Wednesday to educate citizens about  the cost to taxpayers for stimulus spending, health care reform, and potential “Cap & Trade” energy taxes, and how these “big government” policies are affecting our country.  The bus tour is part of the AFP “November is Coming” project. Dr. [...]Read More>>

The United States Department of Agriculture announced $242 million in new economic stimulus spending today, including three projects in Kansas.Read More>>

By Rachel Whitten/KansasReporter Some Kansans are not satisfied with the way state judges are chosen, and they’re doing something to fix the process. Not only was a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Wichita, but separately, a grassroots petition effort has put a question on the ballot for the Nov. 2 election in [...]Read More>>

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On Thursday four Kansans filed suit in federal court in Wichita to block the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission from selecting the next member of the court. The lawsuit claims the process in Kansas to select a new member for the state’s high court violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause. The lawsuit asks all [...]Read More>>