Editorial condemns late-session bill on small carnivals in Kansas
Guest editorial decries a last minute House action adding small, nonprofit carnivals to tough ride regulations after a fatal water slide incident. It cites lack of hearings, regional representation gaps, and raised insurance costs threatening rural, home-owned carnivals while praising safety records and urging open hearings and accountability.
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Kansas
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kansas City
Senate
Scott Schwab
R-Olathe
John Barker
Decatur
Cruel prescription critique of Obamacare repeal by Republicans
A speaker denounces the seizure of the U S House by radical Republicans and warns that repealing Obamacare will devastate health care, damage Medicaid, cost jobs, harm rural hospitals, and undermine the social safety net, urging responsible senators to oppose the plan. The writer disavows party labels and calls the move a dangerous economic and social shift.
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U.S. House of Representative
The
New York Times
U.S. Senate
America
Donald J. Trump
Franklin County
Republican Party
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Letters On Citizenship And Fair Legal Reasoning
A reader rebutts Ron Kimes about a Franklin County legislative coffee, arguing citizenship mirrors Socrates and high court rigor. The letter defends listening to debate, condemns 'bad faith' by Kevin Jones and Caryn Tyson, and condemns eroding Pat Skiles’ EPERS retirement.
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Ron Kimes
Herald
Kimes
Franklin County Republican Central Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Judiciary
Socrates
High Court
Kevin Jones
Caryn Tyson
Jones
Tyson
Ottawa Herald
Pat Skiles
USC 290
Tax the LLCs pledge reshapes Kansas tax politics
Kansas lawmakers wrestle with ending the LLC income tax exemption promised in campaigns while balancing broader aims to fund education welfare health care and public safety. Voters favored targeting non wage income but the plan risks higher taxes on wage earners as the state seeks new revenue to sustain services. Martin Hawver notes the politics of a single issue LLC bill and the speed at which interest may fade.
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Kansas
Senate
W-2
Statehouse
Sam Brownback
House
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