Kansas congressmen return Westar campaign funds
All four Kansas members of Congress will disgorge campaign contributions from Westar Energy executives from the 2002 cycle under a Federal Election Commission settlement. The donors include Moore 2750, Moran 1500, Ryan 6750 and Tiahrt 2500, with 18 candidates overall required to return 40700. Kansas lawmakers will donate the stripped funds to charity per FEC rules.
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Sam Hananel
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Kansas
Westar Energy Inc
Westar
Federal Election Commission
Dennis Moore
Jerry Moran
Todd Tiahrt
Jim Ryan
Moore
Moran
Ryan
Tiahrt
FEC
Christie Appelhanz
David Wittig
Wittig
Douglas Lake
Texas
House
Tom DeLay
DeLay
PAC
Brownback skeptical on Bushs Supreme Court nomination
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback voiced skepticism about Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court saying she lacks a clear conservative track record on abortion and gay rights and worries the nomination resembles a Souter type. He plans to meet her and weigh qualifications as conservatives push for a more clearly defined conservative pick.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Harriet Miers
U.S. Supreme Court
Brownback
Bush
Supreme Court
David Souter
Senate Judiciary Committee
Miers
Senate
Pat Roberts
Roberts
White House
Texas
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
Tony Perkins
The
Family Research Council
Perkins
Harry Reid
Dnev
Sandra Day O’connor
al Gore
Lloyd Bentsen
Political Money Line
Think-tank leader named state education chief
The State Board of Education selected Bob Corkins 44 of Lawrence as Kansas education commissioner on a 6-4 vote. He leads two conservative think tanks and will head a $3.05 billion budget and 212 employees serving 300 districts. Critics call the choice radical and poorly qualified.
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John Milburn
Associated Press
Topeka
State Board of Education
Bob Corkins
Lawrence
Senate
Corkins
Kansas
New Mexico
Steve Abrams
Abrams
Alan Rupe
Wichita
Dodge City
Salina
Freestate Center For Liberty Studies
Kansas Legislative Education and Research
Andy Tompkins
University of Kansas
State of Kansas
Janet Waugh
Kansas City
Bill Wagnon
State Department of Education
Wagnon
Derek Schmidt
Independence
Bob
Anthony Hensley
Alexa Posny
Posny
Department
Kurt Steinhaus
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alamogordo, N.M
Corkins Picked As State Education Commissioner By Board
The State Board of Education selected Bob Corkins from five candidates on Tuesday for education commissioner. Critics accuse Corkins of lobbying against public education and warn the board risks credibility and ridicule nationwide.
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State Board of Education
Bob Corkins
Corkins
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