Kansas lawmakers drop car smoking ban amendment
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee dropped an amendment to ban smoking in vehicles with child passengers. Sen. David Haley plans to refile it separately, arguing secondhand smoke harms adults and children and noting recent measures in Bangor Maine. Some argue private car privacy complicates enforcement.
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Bangor
Maine
Kansas legislators and officials contact directory
A compilation lists U S Senator Pat Roberts Sam Brownback and Nancy Boyda along with Governor Kathleen Sebelius and Kansas lawmakers. It includes office addresses in Washington and Topeka, KS 66612 phone lines and official web forms for correspondence.
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U.S
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Hart Senate
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Roberts
Publiy
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State Capitol
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Ste. 212S
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Governor
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Kansas State Capitol
Schmidt
State
Tom Holland
Holland
House
Bill Feverborn
Feverborn
Joe Humerickhouse
Humerick
House State
Bill Otto
Otto
Stupidity and language laws in Kansas politics debate
Tom Beaver, a Muscogee Creek Nation member, criticizes Kansas House Republicans for pushing English as the official state language. He argues assimilation failed in history, praises Native language preservation, cites Esther Martinez Act, and urges multilingual education to boost Kansas’s economic ties with Asia and beyond. He advocates intelligent leadership.
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Kansas
House Republicans
Ray Merrick
Stilwwell
Topeka Capital Journal
United States
George Bush
Esther Martinez
Kansas House
China
Far East
Ben Chavis
American Indian Public Charter School
Oakland
Calif
Merrick
Tom Beaver
Tom.beaver
Battle over Johnson County 16th seat tests House
Kansas House faces a disputed November result in the 16th District. Democrat Gene Rardin holds a razor thin win over Republican John Kriegshauser after a court found Rardin won by two votes. A bipartisan committee will review questioned ballots before a full House vote.
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Johnson County
Jim Yonally
Overland Park
John Kriegshauser
Kriegshauser
Gene Rardin
Rardin
Bardin
House
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