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An impasse in the Kansas Legislature means a later filing deadline for those seeking elective state offices or national offices. The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office announced the 10-day delay via Twitter on May 10. Initially slated for June 1, candidates now have until noon on Monday, June 11 to file to run for the [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Gov. Sam Brownback said he will sign a tax-cutting budget he says will add jobs, but opponents warn it will result in a $270 million deficit by 2014. “It will create tens of thousands of new jobs, and combined with spending restraint, will help to reverse a decade of declining employment,” Brownback [...]
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Johnson County Commissioners authorized Chairman Ed Eilert to write a letter to the Kansas Legislature opposing proposed legislation that would shift a tax burden from some commercial properties to residential property taxpayers. Specifically the commission is opposed to the proposed House Bill 2501 and Senate Bill 317. Commissioners said the bills, if [...]
A program to identify intoxicated drivers will be conducted this month by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol. Officers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint near De Soto in the late evening hours of Friday, May 4, into the early morning hours of Saturday, May 5. Drivers suspected of being intoxicated will [...]
TOPEKA — A group of 46 former traditional Republican legislators from across the state have joined forces to form Traditional Republicans for Common Sense. The group will advocate for common sense policy positions, like job creation, funding Kansas schools and providing for common sense tax policy. “As former legislators, with over 500 years of collective [...]
A confirmed case of mad cow disease in a California dairy cow should not be a cause for alarm in Kansas, according to Gov. Sam Brownback. He joined the Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman in asking Kansans to continue buying beef and dairy products. “Consumers should remain confident that beef and milk in Kansas is [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Between 40 and 50 Johnson County developmental disability advocates will rally in Topeka April 25. They hoped to garner support for a budget provision that would carve the developmentally disabled from Gov. Sam Brownback’s executive reorganization of Medicaid. Brownback, who issued the order to reorganize on April 12, said it is a [...]
Editor’s Note: In the following story, Gardner News reported that the Kansas Policy Institute called Kansas schools “ineffective.” That is not the case. KPI officials said many kids get a good public education, but an honest examination of all the data shows that isn’t the case for many other Kansas students. The Gardner News regrets [...]
“You could feel the impact of the car hitting the barrier wall. They hit the wall within five feet of where we had been,” Vincent Grier, a highway worker with the Kansas Department of Transportation, told a crowd at a statewide safety event on April 24. Grier recounted the time a motorist drove through a [...]
This story has been updated with clarifications. Candidates have filed for the 43rd House District, although Gardner may become part of the 8th House District if approved by the Legislature. Also, Mike Kiegerl has not decided whether to seek re-election. Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Dan Thompson, Republican, has filed to represent the 43rd District in the [...]
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