Kansas Ethics Report Highlights Campaign Finance Flows
The Kansas ethics commission reports last year’s political donations show PACs big business and unions funding Senate and House races. Incumbents received the largest share, with most PAC money funneled through lobbyists to state lawmakers. The piece argues Kansas operates practically with unclear solicitation rules and using government offices for fundraising.
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Topeka
State Ethics Commission
Kansas
Kansas House
Senate
House
Statehouse
Washington
Government Contacts 1.9 ay Formatted List of Officials
A compact directory of Kansas officials with addresses and phone numbers. Includes U S Sen Pat Roberts at Dirksen and Hart offices, U S Sen Sam Brownback with Topeka state office, U S Rep Jim Ryun, Governor Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, State Reps Feuerborn Tanner, and State Sen Tyson.
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U.S. Sen
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Washington, D.C
Fox
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
S. Kansas Ave
Topeka
U.S
Jim Ryun
Cannon
Hob
Ryun
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Topeke
Carla Stovall
Judicial Centor
Bill Feuerborn
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Gangsta rap, mafia myths, and crime in the music world
A writer reflects on gangster rap figures Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, their deaths, and media narratives. He discusses race, culture, and crime in entertainment, comparing hip hop clashes to historic mob influence in Las Vegas and Hollywood.
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Notorious B.I.G
Tupac Shakur
Mr. Shakur
Mr. B.lg
Christopher Wallace
Lios
Tony Bennett
Luciano Pavarotti
Placido Domingo
Shakur
Bloods
Stones
Louie Armstrong
Errol Garner
Scott Joplin
Mills Brothers
Frank Sinatra
Ment Field
Las Vegas
Teamsters
Vegas
Hollywood
George Raft
Sinatra
Chicago
Sam
Momo) Giancana
Phyllis McGuire
Brooklyn
Momo Giancana
Taylor Street
Verbal filler riles Nebraskaland reader in column
Vickie Hull, a Lawrence based syndicated columnist, rails against verbal filler such as you know, really and yadda yadda yadda. The piece cites a Nebraska foundation scholarship won by Dalton for counting the most you knows in a college athlete speech and argues for reducing verbal clutter in everyday talk.
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Alton Hartman
Dalton
Nebraskaland Foundation
Thad
Nebraskaland
Vickie Hull
Lawrence
Gambling debate mirrors Missouri casino pull at Kansas tracks
Iola Register editors argue against expanding gambling at Kansas dog tracks, urging a referendum rather than state bailouts as Missouri casinos draw bettors across the border. They warn of a track closure cycle and call for public input on whether to permit expanded gaming.
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Iola
Kansas
Missouri
Woodlands
Camptown
Topeka
Nevada
Topeka Capital-Journal
Western Resources
Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board
Western
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John Marshall Harris
Mike
Royko
Tribune Media Services
Eer
Vickie
Hull
Herald
Doonesbury
Imon Ying
Mallard Fillmore
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