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“Stung by court decisions on school finance and death penalty cases, lawmakers are working toward creating a specific list of impeachable offenses, including ‘attempting to subvert fundamental laws and introduce arbitrary power’ and ‘attempting to usurp the power of the legislative or executive branch of government.’ “At present, the only guideline for an impeachable offense is the Constitution’s provision for ‘treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.’ “The Senate bill specifies some, but not all, crimes that could qualify. It advanced on a voice vote with a roll-call vote set for Tuesday morning.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article67444902.html...

ACTION ALERT: The Senate has given approval to forward a bill to expand grounds for impeaching justices to include, among other things, “attempting to subvert fundamental laws and introduce arbitrary power; attempting to usurp the power of the legislative or executive branch of government; exhibiting discourteous conduct toward litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers or others with whom the justice or judge deals in an official capacity.” The final vote will be held tomorrow morning. Please contact your Senator and urge him or her to vote NO on SB 439. We oppose this bill as a form of retaliation for...

“Besides the impact on the people and families who lost those jobs, the February job losses are almost sure to have an impact on payroll witholdings in March, which will drag down individual income tax collections. And without those payrolls flowing into people’s pocketbooks, it’s unlikely that sales tax revenues will come in as projected either. “But that may not be the worst of the story. Budget and tax analysts in the Legislature’s nonpartisan Research Department have been saying all year that the months to worry about are yet to come: April, May and June, which make up...