Kansas Senate confirms Wendell Lady to Board of Regents
The Kansas Senate votes 24 to 12 with four abstentions to confirm former House Speaker Wendell Lady to the state Board of Regents. The decision follows intense severance tax politics, as Lady’s past stance and party loyalty drew Democratic and Republican opposition and comments on education funding and politics.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
House
Wendell Lady
State Board of Regents
Senate
Ross Coyen
Lady
John Carlin
Leroy Hayden
Satanta
Joe Norvell
Hays
Joe Warren
Sam Hardage
Wichita
Carlin
GOP
Board of Regents
Garr
Republican Party
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Steineger
Paul Hess
Hess
Legislative Witness's Arrest Sparks Entanglement Questions
In Topeka Kansas Rep Dean Shelor questions arrest timing of Thomas Wempe on a five month old speeding ticket as he leaves a legislative hearing. Wempe appeals Osage County court denial arguing illegal arrest and lack of jurisdiction while Frey says he had no prior knowledge of the warrant.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Frey
House
Judiciary Committee
Kansas Highway Patrol
Frey
Shelor
Dempsey
Statehouse
Thomas R. Wempe
Capitol
Wempe
Shawnee County
Osage County
Lyndon
Highway Patrol
Calvin Williams
Nothing
Private clubs on rails eyed by Kansas Senate panel
A plan to convert old railroad cars into private club trains in Kansas prompted questions from the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee. D J Roberts of Missouri Northern Railway described leasing locomotives and crews while seeking a legal change to allow Class B private clubs on trains nationwide. The panel took no action as liquor and enforcement issues were raised, including state beverage laws and local tax applicability. Senate members noted potential enforcement and inspection challenges for mobile clubs.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
D.J. Roberts
Missouri Northern Railway Co
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Roberts
Palace
Richard Gannon
D-Goodland
Orient Express
Gannon
Thomas Kennedy
Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division
Amtrak
Kennedy
August Bogina
R-Senexa
Edward Reilly
R-Leavenworth
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Vidrickson
Salina
Kansas House
Hardage
Overland Park
Kansas State University
Bill Hoch
Hoch
Norman Garr
R-Westwood
Dean Shelor
D-Minneola
Ory
Posse Comitatus
Kansas Register
State Finance Council
Secretary of State
Town & Country Supply
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Stockade
Anchor
Ottawa
Pnee
S &S Bargain Center
Neosho
Burlington
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