First off, an apology for the long delay. University Daily Kansan political feature “Politically Correct” is back with its first two installments of the semester. I remain, along with conservative arch-nemesis Chet Compton, though our third talking head will now rotate depending on the subject.
The first installment of 2010 is about President Obama’s proposed spending [...]
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Last Friday, the Kansas Coalition for Workplace Safety held a rally in the old Supreme Court chambers at the Kansas State Capitol. The rally was well attended by many of us who want to see injured Kansas workers given a fair shake for a change. Rep. Paul Davis, the House Minority Leader and Sen. Anthony [...]
Kansas celebrated a progressive victory on Feb 25 with the passage of HB 2221, a comprehensive statewide indoor smoking ban. This same bill was passed almost a full year ago in the Senate, and is expected to be signed into law by Governor Mark Parkinson. This bill will give all working Kansans the right to [...]
By now I am sure you have heard that two weeks ago Google announced plans for testing its experiemental highspeed interenet somewhere in the US. The catch, communities must nominate themselves. They can do so via a simple link online. Google doesn’t give many specifics, just that they want communities to be and send in [...]
There seem to be two issues you can always count on for some serious debate in Topeka: the budget, and abortion.
The same legislators who tout themselves as pro-life and usually vote for the bills that would restrict access to abortion also seem to spend a lot of time voting against children and health care coverage. [...]
During the Kansas House debate on Friday on HB 2538 (PEAK Act Amendments), Kansans were given a good opportunity to view who those Kansas Legislator’s are that are fine with using state tax dollars and state finance authority to give out-of-state workers jobs over Kansans. The Tietze Amendment to the HB 2538, which failed 56-59, [...]
Despite lackluster speaker draws (compared to Governor Schweitzer or Barack Obama in 2006) the KDP’s annual convention Washington Days had one of the largest turnouts in recent years. Kansas Equality Coalition lobbyist Tom Witt and US Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee gave a special tribute to activist Steve Brown who passed away last week.
Witt [...]
I recently came in contact with Veronica Hill, a Kansan involved with the United States Social Forum (USSF). After Veronica told me about USSF I did some additional research and it turned out to be something pretty cool.
The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
conference but it is [...]
This past weekend about 250 Young Democrats gathered in New Orleans for this years winter conference. The weekend was full of great trainings, discussion, the usual YDA drama, great food, and a ton of fun.
Here is my wrap up for the weekend. Thursday around 80 YD’s participated in a community service project in [...]
Video from this weekend in New Orleans. Lilly Ledbetter speaks to the Young Democrats of America.
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