May 2011
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Koch Bros. impersonators (Gary Swartzendruber and Bob Homolka) were present at Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach’s press conference Wednesday in Salina, Kansas and visited with the secretary. Check out the YouTube video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQKaKXO8A94
Kobach said they would be surprised at the grades he received at Harvard, but he did not indicate he would produce his...
March 2011
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Bad Democrat attacks Labor.
This year across the Nation and in the Statehouse we have seen attacks on the Labor movement by Republicans. Yesterday Deborah Swank, a city councilwoman in Topeka, launched a negative campaign against her Labor backed Democratic opponent Chad Manspeaker.
Why is this a big deal? Because Deborah Swank’s letters and radio ads attack Chad Manspeaker for his work in the Labor movement. Deborah...
Letter to the editor: "Community Defense Act" (HB...
The following is a letter shared with us by Artur Bagyants.
The deceptively titled “Community Defense Act” (HB 2107) recently passed by the Kansas House seeks to restrict nudity at strip clubs. 91 out of 125 members of the House voted in favor of the bill. Many of these legislators ran on mantles of small government, individual liberty, and free enterprise. This bill overtly...
February 2011
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What You Can Do Right Now for the Arts in Kansas
Governor Brownback has suggested eliminating the Kansas Arts Commission as a state agency – which is not in the best interest of the state of Kansas, of our economy or of the jobs that the arts support in all of our communities.
Kansas nonprofit arts and cultural sector is a $153.5 million industry, supporting over 4,000 full-time equivalent jobs and generating over $15 million in state and local...
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January 2011
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