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Wichita Local Government 101 announced
Read more: Wichita Local Government 101 announcedLocal Government 101: Learn how to get involved in Wichita city government and how to influence public policy as a citizen Activist.
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Kansas alternative media discussed on Kansas Week
Read more: Kansas alternative media discussed on Kansas WeekBob Weeks discusses the difficulty of alternative media obtaining press credentials at the Kansas Legislature. From the KPTS public affairs television program Kansas Week on June 26, 2009.
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Kansans will be hurt by global warming bill
Read more: Kansans will be hurt by global warming billThe Waxman-Markey climate bill, soon to be considered by Congress, will harm all Americans. Here’s a look at what it would cost Kansans.
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Kansas alternative media shut out of legislative access
Read more: Kansas alternative media shut out of legislative accessThe issuance of legislative press credentials is handled, in alternating years, by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House. This year is the Senate President’s year. So in March I stopped by the office of the President of the Senate, and upon making my inquiry I was told by a staff member that…
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In Wichita, Declaration of Independence to be read
Read more: In Wichita, Declaration of Independence to be readToo many times we have heard the upcoming National Holiday referred to as “firecracker day.” I wonder, have we really been dumbed down to the point we no longer know why we celebrate on that day? As such, a team of good voices will be reading the Declaration of Independence aloud this upcoming 4th of…
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Wichita Eagle reporter to speak to Pachyderms
Read more: Wichita Eagle reporter to speak to PachydermsThis Friday, Wichita Eagle investigative and special reporter Dion Lefler will speak to the Wichita Pachyderm Club.
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EPA suppresses internal global warming study
Read more: EPA suppresses internal global warming studyIs there any doubt that the crusade against global warming is motivated as much by politics as by anything else? The Competitive Enterprise Institute has uncovered an effort within the Environmental Protection Agency to suppress “scientific analysis of climate change because of political pressure to support the Administration’s policy agenda of regulating carbon dioxide.”
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Kansas needs independent charter schools
Read more: Kansas needs independent charter schoolsRight now, only school districts can sponsor charter schools, and even then, only schools physically located within their boundaries. Some may be willing to give the schools the autonomy they need to be charter schools. Others, though, aren’t. So let’s give KU, K-State, education service centers, and other organizations the right to sponsor charter schools.…
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Kansas Action for Children calls for tax increase
Read more: Kansas Action for Children calls for tax increaseReporting by Paul Soutar of the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy shows Kansas Action for Children (KAC) calling for higher taxes on Kansans. Soutar cites a KAC report: “The long-term solution to avoid increasing budget gaps is to update and modernize the Kansas tax system in a way that accurately reflects the current economy…
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Homeland Security may impose new regulations on agriculture
Read more: Homeland Security may impose new regulations on agricultureAt the Kansas Meadowlark, there’s some video about Chemical facility anti-terrorism standards.
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In Wichita, special assessment financing gone wild
Read more: In Wichita, special assessment financing gone wildAt today’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, a privately-owned condominium association is seeking special assessment financing to make repairs to it building.
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Earthjustice meddles in Kansas again
Read more: Earthjustice meddles in Kansas againThe radical environmentalist group Earthjustice is again meddling in Kansas energy policy. They’ve sent a “warning letter” to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.