Pay and pensions
Kansas legislators have been busy hacking hundred-million dollar chunks from Gov. Laura Kelly's budget for state services while creating ways to carve out a...
Teachers and schools
On the first day of class in Latin II our teacher, Gladys De Nio, told us how to open the new textbooks: Starting with...
Falling flat
The Legislature is at it again, slogging on about a flat tax ‒ that is, a single rate for Kansas income taxes. (How "flat"...
Sibling wars (3)
At Hutchinson in January the Republican First District Committee censured Sen. Jerry Moran because he voted for spending bill supported by President Biden. (The...
Sibling wars (2)
The Republicans' censure of Jerry Moran and the ascent of state chairman Mike Brown, an election conspiracy promoter, are recent flashpoints in a long...
Sibling wars (1)
Last month in Hutchinson, the Republicans' First District Congressional Committee voted to censure Jerry Moran because he voted for a federal spending bill endorsed...
Kelly and Docking (3) Last of three articles
By 1974, the last of Robert Docking's eight years as governor of Kansas, the cost of state government had doubled, from a record $638...
Kelly and Docking (2)
Second of three articles
The day after Gov. Robert Docking's inauguration in 1967, the Kansas Legislature faced a thicket of issues: implementation of three constitutional...
Weather report
For our small patch of north Lindsborg, the rain gauge and the snow stick tell us that last year was dry. Annual rainfall since...
Balance of purpose
Of the 125-members in the Kansas House of Representatives, 76 were elected in five metropolitan counties. The count:
Johnson County ‒ 27 members: 11 Republicans,...