Dan Manning, is running for Kansas House of Representatives in Wichita. Originally from southern Georgia, Dan is a West Point graduate who served for 8 years in the US Army before being discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Dan has since made Kansas his home and directed his passion for serving our nation in to [...]
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Legislature
In a July 30th Wichita Eagle letter to the editor, Kansas House Majority Leader Ray Merrick defended DUI Phil Hermanson and attacked the Wichita Eagle for unfair coverage. “As I read yet another reference to state Rep. Phil Hermanson, R-Wichita, having driven under the influence of prescription drugs, it struck me that the situation had [...]
Video from Scott Seel’s announcement this morning.
Below is a press release sent out to local media earlier today by the Whipple for Kansas campaign:
Candidate Brandon Whipple is outraged by the actions of State Representative Phil Hermanson, hiding an arrest, DUI charges and injuring two Kansans. According to a Wichita Eagle article, Hermanson (R-96) was arrested last November for driving under the [...]
The Wichita Eagle this morning broke the story of State Representative Phil Hermanson was arrested last November for driving under the influence after a mid-day wreck that put Kansas residents Kathy Spencer, then 46, and Mary Sheppard, then 77, in the hospital. Spencer has yet to fully recover. The story comes more than six months [...]
Wichita resident, Brandon Whipple, officially announced this week that he is running for the Kansas House of Representatives in District 96. Whipple has been deeply involved in the community, working with at-risk students from the Wichita Public Schools. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Wichita State University.
Whipple’s experience working with students and teachers [...]
For Immediate Release:
Elliot Lahn for Kansas House
March 25, 2010
Response to HB 2685
Yesterday, HB 2685 was passed by the House and sent on to the State Senate. This bill would modify state conceal and carry regulations to disallow municipalities and state agencies from banning firearms in public buildings unless these entities can reasonably guarantee that [...]
Yesterday evening Senate Sub for HB2079 – placing Supreme Court Justices and other judges under the Kansas Campaign Finance Act was debated. The bill drew at least three attempts to amend for purposes unrelated to the original bill. At the end of the debate, the third amendment was not ready, so the bill was “passed [...]
The Kansas Senate is scheduled to debate “Senate Substitute for HB2079″ this afternoon. HB2079 will add Kansas Supreme Court Justices and judges of the Court of Appeals to the campaign finance act.
This bill, introduced by the Kansas Equality Coalition on March 3, was heard by the Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections 10 days ago, [...]
A rare moment of overwhelming common sense swept over the Kansas legislature today, as the Senate Judiciary Committee today failed a proposal to institute “covenant marriages” in Kansas. To refresh the memories of those who didn’t see Erin’s initial post about it, covenant marriage would require counseling before (specifically heterosexual) couples before granting marriage licenses. [...]
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