Tag: Kansas state government

  • Here’s Why Kansans Need to Take Control

    As an introduction to my post What Impact do Kansas Voters Have on Judges?, Todd Epp of Kansas Watch writes “Um, this lawyer suggests, hopefully none?!” My post mentions Kansas University Law Professor Stephen Ware‘s call for an end to the lawyer-dominated process of selection Kansas judges. Mr. Epp’s reaction — and he is a…

  • What impact do Kansas voters have on judges?

    Recently a Kansas blog covered a political event and wrote this in a post titled Defending America Summit Brought out the Wingnuts: Stephen Ware, Professor at the University of Kansas Law School: “What’s unusual about Kansas is about how little the people’s wishes matter. There are no checks and balances in the judicial selection process.”

  • Kansas Legislator Rosters Not Ready

    At the Kansas Legislature website, two useful pages to visit are the roster of house and senate members. These pages hold the names of all the members, along with their email addresses and a link to the page for each member. As of today, these pages aren’t ready for this year’s legislative session, which started…

  • Kansas Governor Not Facing Reality of Budget Crisis

    Kansas Liberty reports that the balancing act performed by Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius on the fiscal year 2009 budget is, well, a little off-kilter. (Fiscal 2009 is the current budget year, ending on June 30, 2009). In the post Sebelius’ new budget misses the target by $50 million we learn that relying on budget numbers…

  • A Look at Some Kansas Budget Adjustments

    Page 3 of a document titled “Overview Presentation FY 2010 Governor’s Budget Report” (download it from this page: www.budget.ks.gov/gbr.htm) holds two tables: one titled “State General Fund Outlook — Without Solutions,” and a second with solutions. One of the differences between the two tables is a line in the second table captioned “Governor’s Revenue Adjustments”…

  • Why the Kansas budget is in trouble

    Why is the Kansas budget in such bad shape? Not enough taxation? Too much spending?

  • Kansas Budget Lacks Solutions for Reform, says AFP’s Sontag

    TOPEKA — The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity — Kansas released the following statement in response to the Governor’s FY 2009 and FY 2010 budget proposal: “The budget proposal released today offers no real solutions for budget reform, leaving it up to the Legislature to demonstrate some leadership at this important time,” said AFP…

  • Not All Agree With New Kansas Energy Plan

    Currie Meyers of the Kansas Federalist has a few issues with Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius‘ energy plan. I can’t link directly to Meyers’ article, so I’ll reproduce it in its entirety here. Sebelius New Energy Plan Lacks Energy Governor Kathleen Sebelius unveiled weak and pathetic energy proposals that she hopes will help Kansas capitalize on…

  • Kathleen Sebelius State of the State 2009: Collectivism Lite

    In Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius‘ 2007 State of the State address collectivism was the theme: “Only a failure to act as ‘One Kansas’ can compromise our future and dash our hopes.” As shown in my post The Collectivism of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, this drive towards collectivism is a threat to liberty and the individual.…