Ethics Commission cleans up redistricting issue. Does not discuss lawsuit.
By Earl Glynn | Kansas Watchdog
TOPEKA — The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission on Wednesday adopted a practical solution to a problem caused by new Kansas House and Senate districts imposed by the federal court recently.
At issue was whether the new districts resulted in candidates running for the “same office” or a different office. The [...]
Pension Deficit Increases Again, Researchers Say
By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
FAIRWAY — The Kansas pension fund dug about $716 million deeper into the red during 2010, bottoming out at $21.9 billion, a Washington think tank said Monday.
But the state is not alone.
Nationally, the gap between what state pension funds have saved to pay future workers’ benefits and what they have [...]
Kansas Candidacies Hint at More Conservative Legislature
By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
TOPEKA – Your next Kansas Legislature will be more conservative than the last one, which just passed the largest package of tax cuts, welfare reform and business-friendly legislation in Kansas history, predicts Jeff Glendening, vice president for political affairs at the Kansas Chamber of Commerce.
Or at least, that is a [...]
Costs of Transparency, Like the Kansas Capitol Restoration, Run High
By Paul Soutar | KansasWatchdog
TOPEKA — The 2000 Kansas Legislature approved the restoration of the Kansas State Capitol with a price tag of $90 million to $120 million and an eight-year timetable.
It’s still several years from completion, and the price tag has risen to $320 million.
Want answers? Well, good luck.
Most of those lie shrouded within the [...]
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