Monthly Archives: January 2014

“President and CEO Mike O’Neal, a former Kansas House speaker, said the chamber will jump into education issues because businesses hire public school graduates . . . [and] the chamber wants to protect massive income tax cuts enacted at the urging of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.” The Kansas Chamber is different...

This is beginning to sound familiar. The governor says he supports something with wide popular support, but legislative leaders block it. We saw it most recently with higher ed funding. Brownback said he supported maintaining funding, but the legislature cut it. Is it happening again with full-day kindergarten?http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/jan/10/legislative-leaders-cool-brownbacks-state-funding-/ (See also,http://cjonline.com/news/2013-12-29/people-have-mixed-response-all-day-kindergarten-kansas in which House...

The next time you hear we need to expand charter schools in Kansas to give “choice” to poor children, think of the examples in this story. “’This whole movement has gotten way out of control – it has morphed dramatically – especially the punditry and resultant public policy surrounding charter...

From the Prairie Village Post: “The trio of Kansas congresswomen who often present a more moderate front to the most conservative elements of the state Republican party jointly filed for re-election Thursday.” http://pvpost.com/2014/01/10/nejcs-bollier-clayton-rooker-re-file-for-kansas-house-seats-24182...