Kansas Rally for Religious Freedom

By   /  June 29, 2012  /  Audio, Column B, Constitution, Discrimination, Health Care, Kansas, Kansas Watchdog, Personal liberty  /  No Comments

By Earl Glynn | Kansas Watchdog
TOPEKA — As part of a national Fortnight for Freedom Kansas Catholic bishops organized a Rally for Religious Freedom to protest the loss of religious freedom caused by recent actions of the federal government.
Several thousand attended the event on Friday in triple-digit heat on the south steps of the Kansas [...]

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Kobach holds public meetings on voter ID

By   /  June 18, 2012  /  Audio, Column B, Elections, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog  /  No Comments

By Earl Glynn | Kansas Watchdog  LEAVENWORTH — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach completed an eleven-city tour of Kansas on Thursday in which he presented an overview of the new Secure and Fair Elections Act.
In these public meetings Kobach discussed photo identification, proof of U.S. citizenship and answered questions from the public about voting [...]

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Welcome to Fantasyland: Mayors come to Orlando, forget to discuss pension reform

By   /  June 15, 2012  /  City Government, Column B, Kansas, Kansas Watchdog, News  /  No Comments

By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog
ORLANDO— Mayors from cities across the United States have traded the heated council meetings and stressful budget negotiations of their respective municipalities for the sunshine and amusement parks of central Florida.
Mayors from across the country – including just two from Kansas, Kansas City’s Joe Reardon and Olathe’s Michael Copeland – [...]

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Mall Developer Ends Bid for Taxpayer Help

By   /  June 13, 2012  /  Business, Column B, Kansas, Kansas Watchdog, News  /  No Comments

By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
MISSION — Developers who originally sought $63 million in taxpayer money to help build a giant aquarium and hotel complex in this tiny northeast Kansas City suburb have scrapped those plans.
Kansas Commerce Department spokesman Dan Lara confirmed Wednesday that the Cameron Group, of Syracuse, N.Y., did not resubmit its application [...]

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Kansas, Communities Take a Collective Dip for Water Deal

By   /  June 13, 2012  /  Column B, Kansas, Kansas Government, Kansas Watchdog, News  /  No Comments

By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
GARDNER — Nine northeastern Kansas communities and rural water districts struck an unusual deal with the state this week.
The group aspect makes it unique. The deal involves buying annually as much as 5 billion gallons of water that Kansas controls in federal reservoirs.
The deal is significant because the new approach [...]

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