Posts Tagged ‘Kansas House of Representatives’

Charlotte Esau, Executive Director of the Kansas Republican Assembly, diagnoses the problem with ‘non-partisan’ redistricting. Reprinted from an op-ed at kansasliberty.com.
How many times have you heard the words “nonpartisan” or “bipartisan” or “nonpolitical” uttered by politicians right before they do something that is clearly political?
My guess is we’d all be rich if we have a [...]

The following is a statement from House Leadership regarding the Governor’s continued efforts to misrepresent her role in the events of the State Finance Council meeting and her responsibility to address a revised 2009 budget.
While we all can agree that these are trying times for Kansas families, seniors, and business owners the Kansas House of [...]

Republican leaders in the House and Senate today refused to allow Gov. Sebelius to borrow additional cash to make state payroll this Friday. From the Topeka Capital-Journal:
House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, and Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said it would have been illegal for the State Finance Council to have authorized additional short-term debt because [...]

Like many, I didn’t understand why politicians thought they should mandate use of a recently approved vaccine for HPV (Human Papillomavirus.) Gardasil is a vaccine for HPV, which has been linked to cervical cancer. Soon after FDA approval however, recipients of the vaccine began to see some very serious side effects, including some deaths.
Even if [...]

A Wichita Eagle blog post has me wondering if the staff there has just run out of original thoughts or if they’re pushing an agenda…or maybe they’re just taking their talking points from various Democrat blogs now.
Last Thursday a socialist Kansas blog put up a post titled, “Weirdest Post Ever: Kelley, Parkinson Hottest Kansas Politicos.” [...]