Tag: Kansas state government
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Rep. Steve Brunk to address Pachyderms
This Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Kansas State Representative Steve Brunk, Republican from Bel Aire, as the speaker. His topics will include proposed House Concurrent Resolution 5019, the REAL (Revenue Expenditure and Assessment Limitations) Act — a state constitutional amendment dealing with revenue, expenditures, assessment, and limited government, the need to restructure the budget,…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for October 26, 2009.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for October 19, 2009.
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Kansas news digest
News from around Kansas for October 12, 2009.
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Kansas protects its gambling interests
At one time states like Kansas prohibited its citizens from gambling because it was thought to be immoral. That attitude started to change when Kansas allowed a lottery. Now that the state actually owns casinos — that’s right, in Kansas the state owns the casinos that aren’t Indian casinos — thoughts of morality have been…
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KPERS report sparks backlash from Wichita SEIU
Recently Kansas University professor Art Hall, along with a co-author, published a study explaining the funding crisis in KPERS, the Kansas Public Employee Retirement system. In summary, the report states: “The key finding of the study is that the KPERS system will not be in actuarial balance over the thirty year amortization period set in…
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Kansas is at the undemocratic extreme in judicial selection
Kansas University law professor Stephen J. Ware has extensively researched and written on the method of judicial selection in the United States. His recent paper The Bar’s Extraordinarily Powerful Role in Selecting the Kansas Supreme Court again lets us know that in Kansas, a select group of lawyers has tremendous control over the nominating process.…
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Kansas court system to be explained
At this Friday’s meeting of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, Judge Eric Yost will present “An Overview of the Kansas Court System.”
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Dale Swenson, tea party critic, a barrel of laughs
Today’s Wichita Eagle contains a story (Tea party organizers: We paid for event) covering the dust-up between a member of the Kansas House of Representatives and tea party organizers. The state representative — Dale Swenson, a Democrat whose district covers parts of southwest Wichita — said of the tea party event: “We need taxes to…
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Kansas judicial selection needs examination, reform
The upcoming retention election for Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier provides an opportunity to examine the judicial selection process in Kansas.