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After weeks of waiting and at a time when the majority of the State has directed their focus on Brownback's catastrophic tax plan and the infighting between republican legislators , Sen. Susan Wagle finally called a conference committee on SB 416 this morning. As a quick refresher: Senate Bill 416 started out as a completely noncontroversial bill but now is now a combinatio...
DailyKos (Kansas) - 6:47 p.m.
Our Local Dillons grocery stores, recently modified to mega marts, are having a special promotion and fundraiser for the USO. For those who forget, the USO is a support group for US troops while they are at war destroying small poor countries for our economic benefit. Today that seems to be a permanent status. The group has been known in the past for providing entertainment, includi...
Otto's War Room - Sat 10:09 p.m. - 14 clicks 
Today, Governor Brownback and Speaker O’Neal took a stand - and they chose to stand with big business and the wealthy - passing income tax breaks for wealthy corporations and individuals at the expense of working Kansans and school children. While the bill is over 70 pages long and contains numerous provisions, the KDP has put together a simple representation of what the bill w...
Buffalo Blog - Thu 12:10 p.m. - 21 clicks
Last night we told you about the unprecedented procedural moves by Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal and House conservatives that sent HB 2117, a massive corporate tax break bill, to Governor Brownback for his signature. Reactions to HB 2117 from press, lawmakers and analysts statewide have painted a grim picture for the future of Kansas. "Wednesday's tax-cut duel under the dome m...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Thu 10:48 a.m. - 17 clicks
For a long time, but more intensely the past two years, the states have been in a contest to see who can pass the most restrictive anti-abortion laws. Denying insurance coverage, setting gestational age limits, mandating ultrasounds, defunding Planned Parenthood and other public providers, requiring hospital privileges, demanding providers' credentials, lengthening waiting periods, restricti...
DailyKos (Kansas) - May 9 - 16 clicks
Senators Roberts and Moran as well as Republicans in Congress yesterday once again turned their back on young adults. Our Kansas Senators voted to double interest rates on federal student loans, making it harder for Americans to get a fair shot at an affordable college education and develop the skills they need to find a good job. The GOP chose to stand with big business, protecting business tax...
Buffalo Blog - May 9 - 17 clicks
Photo: charlotte-2012.jpg The State of Kansas is allotted 11 At-Large Delegates and 4 At-Large Alternates. Persons desiring to seek at-large delegate or alternate positions must file a Statement of Candidacy designating their presidential or uncommitted preference and a signed pledge of support for the presiden...
Buffalo Blog - May 9 - 15 clicks
I will not lie. I dislike my state--and that is putting it lightly. I live in Kansas. And when I thought I could not get any more disappointed with the politicians in my state, it was as if Republicans brought that "Challenge Accepted" meme into reality. ...
DailyKos (Kansas) - May 8 - 6 clicks
" width="350" style="float:left;margin Wichita, Kansas—Angelo Lopez is familiar to Everyday Citizen readers who enjoy his cartoons, his interviews with artists, poets, and activists and his other thoughtful Everyday Citizen blogs on a wide range of subjects. Angelo is one of those rare people who knew from a young age what he wanted to be when he grew up. As a child, he drew on any scrap ...
Everyday Citizen (Kansas) - May 6 - 4 clicks
Kansas Democrats gathered together today at our four Congressional District Conventions and elected delegates who will represent our state at the Democratic National Convention. The convention is scheduled for the week of September 3 and is being hosted in Charlotte, NC. In total, 33 Kansnas were selected today to serve as district-level delegates this September. An additional eleven a...
Buffalo Blog - May 5 - 6 clicks
Surprisingly our own local The Wichita Eagle ran a few articles about May Day both here in the US and the rest of the world. The paper even ran a story about police in Oakland, Calif. using stinging gas that sent protesters fleeing a downtown intersection. That isn’t really surprising considering how brutal the Oakland Police usually act to any protests or acts of civil disobedience. &nb...
Otto's War Room - May 4 - 2 clicks
Photo: Mothers for Choice.jpg Last Saturday, as many as 500 Kansas women, men, and children gathered at our State Capitol to attend the “We are Women” rally. These Kansans came together to speak out against politicians in Topeka and Washington who are trying to strip women of their rights and protections ....
Buffalo Blog - May 3 - 3 clicks
From Wichita Peace and Freedom Party Examiner; Both the local Occupy Movement and Democratic Socialists of America held a May Day musical tribute to both Woody Guthrie and Joe Hill. Several are musicians got together, with a crowd of about 100, to remember what May fist is all about. “The Occupy Movement is trying to take May Day back as a labor holiday,’ said Janice Bradley. She added that t...
Otto's War Room - May 1
In 1978, I gathered with a group of activists, mostly women and a few good men, to form the Battered Women Task Force in Topeka. We begged for funds to start a shelter for the abused women that kept pouring in asking for help. We housed them in homes, an old nursing home, local motels, and finally got enough funding together for a shelter. We begged the city council, the state legislature,...
Buffalo Blog - May 1
I don't know of any better way to describe Ronald Finney, than to say he was a man susceptible to temptation. He had the advantage of being raised in the “Prairie Hay Capital of the World,” the flat-lands of Woodson county, Kansas, where temptations were few and far between. If you sought more drama than the wheat fields offered, or a little “cultural stimulation”, you had to travel the 100 mile...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Apr 22
Photo: Charlotte - It's Up To Us All.JPG Having braved tornadoes and thunderstorms to caucus for the President, the Kansas Democratic Party is turning its attention to the next step in our delegate selection process: our Congressional District Conventions. On Saturday, May 5, 2012 , the Congressiona...
Buffalo Blog - Apr 18
9AM CDT Update: At the 8AM forecast update, the SPC extended the high risk area to include a much larger area than it did last night. Oklahoma City, Tulsa, most of eastern and central Kansas, and a large chunk of Nebraska are now under the high risk zone, with areas just around that under the moderate risk zone. I've uploaded the new maps and included them below. Still looks like we're on track...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Apr 13 - 2 clicks
A new diary was posted at 1130 PM CDT talking about the Friday evening model runs and what they mean for the Saturday tornado outbreak. 843PM CT: Once the 00z (700PM CT) model runs come out, I'll write up another diary on this situation. 554PM CT: I changed the title because of some confusion over what the abbreviations meant. UPDATE 1255PM CT: I've updated to show the latest SPC fore...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Apr 13
It's important to note when speculating on the identity of Mitt Romney’s running mate that in the modern political era all major party nominees who were or had been governors selected a running mate with either legislative or administration connections to DC: . In 1976 Gov Jimmy Carter picked Sen. Walter Mondale . In 1980 Gov Reagan picked Nixon/Ford Administration crony George HW Bush . In ...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Apr 12
With the Kansas Democratic caucus just a few days away, it's almost certain that Barack Obama will be our nominee here in Kansas. So you might be asking yourself "why should I come out on April 14 and caucus for the President?" read more ...
Buffalo Blog - Apr 10
On Saturday, April 14 the Kansas Democratic Party will be holding our presidential preference caucus across our state. Registration for the caucus will begin at 1 pm and the caucus meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Our presidential caucus is a time when we can join together and show our support for our president. Just like Kansas Democrats, the president has been fighting to improve the economy, ...
Buffalo Blog - Apr 5
This month, we honor the accomplishments and contributions of women throughout Kansas and around the world. And today marks International Women’s Day; an opportunity to reflect on the significant gains made by women throughout our history, to recognize the pioneers who made such gains possible, and reaffirm our commitment to respecting the rights, security, and dignity of all women. ...
Buffalo Blog - Apr 3
Well, it looked like Ohio State vs Kentucky, until the 2nd Half of the Game. Now it is Kansas v Kentucky and all the bets are that the game will be lame. Hope you enjoyed the game - we all are sure President Obama was smiling. What do you think guys and gals - Kansas or Kentucky? &nb...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 31
Kansas is pretty much the last state where Congressional redistricting has not completed. When you think about it, this is really pretty strange, since Kansas is in reality one of the easiest states in the country to redistrict. Hint - it's basically just a big rectangle with a few obvious population centers like Witchita, Kansas City, and Topeka. The first idea was to put Manhattan in the fir...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 22
Having it both ways is becoming a daily occurrence in the legislature. After killing the Governor’s plan to give tax breaks to corporations and wealthy Kansans early on Wednesday a phone rang in the Senate republican leadership office with Gov. Sam Brownback on the other end of it and just about as quickly as they could the Kansas Senate made an about face and passed the $800M behemoth hours l...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 22
Late Friday night after 6 hours of budget debate the Kansas House finally adjourned and Rep. Anthony Brown, Chair of the House Commerce Committee, decided to hold a meeting where the Committee then took action on several anti-worker bills that change Unemployment and workers compensation benefits. Resorting to procedural moves and a 'gut and go' to deny the public the opportunity to comment on t...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 18
Today in House Commerce we saw a complete disregard for a fair legislative process when the Secretary of Labor, Karin Brownlee, and her Deputy of The War of Workers Secretary, Kathy Sparks, suggested three amendments to SB 416. Senate bill 416 is a pretty bland bill, there's nothing controversial about it and normally we wouldn't pay any attention to it. But the three amendments that Spa...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 15 - 2 clicks
For any who may be reading this series for the first time: this is a thought experiment where I try to see what would happen if the size of the House of Representatives were doubled to 870 members from 435. This series is both highly theoretical and very unlikely to ever occur. Three states where redistricting was, on balance, kind to us! In Arizona, the Independent Redistricting Commissio...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 15
Here it is, entry number 6! This is a fun project, I've enjoyed these trips around the country. My random entry this week has a new state, Kansas. Very different than the last county which was very Urban and has the state's largest city. So I hope you enjoy this week. Here is how this project of mine goes. Each and every week (or more often), using a random number...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 9 - 2 clicks
Republican priorities, in chart form. (Guttmacher Institute) I'm not even sure what the Republicans are going for at this point. All I know is that if it relates to women, they're against it : The sweeping anti-abortion bill working its way through the Kansas Legislature would levy a sales tax on women seeking abortions, including rape victims. Buried in the 69-page bill being conside...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 9
A careful examination of the nation’s most stringent anti-abortion legislation yet which is hurtling a break-neck speed through the Kansas House of Representatives and seems destined for the promised signature of Governor Sam Brownback , has turned up a previously un-noticed provision—a $500 bounty on the ears of abortion providers, medical staff, Planned Parenthood members, pro-choice peti...
DailyKos (Kansas) - Mar 8 - 2 clicks
