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Kansans hold off on giving to candidates

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 18 at 6:04 a.m.

Kansans appear to be taking a wait-and-see attitude when it comes to donating to Republican presidential candidates.

Two-state Obama tour stirs debate over who should pay

By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers | Oct. 18 at 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON — There's no free ride in politics — but there often is a debate about who pays.

GOP hopefuls head to Vegas for next debate

By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers | Oct. 18 at 12:08 a.m.

LAS VEGAS — The 2012 Republican presidential campaign heads West today, as GOP rivals will debate and aim their campaigns at wary voters worn down by one of the nation's most enduring economic slumps.

So far, it's only a one-man race for Sedgwick County DA post

BY HURST LAVIANA, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 14 at 6:52 a.m.

What had been billed as a candidate forum for the 2012 race for Sedgwick County district attorney turned into a one-man show Thursday night.

Wichitan to lead tax-reduction study group

BY BRENT D. WISTROM, Eagle Topeka bureau | Oct. 12 at 6:22 a.m.

TOPEKA — Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, is creating a group to analyze ways to reduce state taxes, and he appointed Sen. Les Donovan, R-Wichita, to lead it.

GOP moderates to face challengers

By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | Oct. 10 at 12:09 a.m.

TOPEKA — Primary election challenges that could change the political ideology of the Kansas Senate are shaping up for moderate Republicans, months before the June 2012 filing deadline and new political boundaries are drawn.

Kobach treasurer could face fines

Associated Press | Sep. 30 at 7 a.m.

TOPEKA — An internal review uncovered mistakes in finance reports from his campaign that could result in the state ethics commission fining the campaign treasurer $5,000, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Thursday.

Brownback lends Pompeo support for second term

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 28 at 6:40 a.m.

Gov. Sam Brownback wants Rep. Mike Pompeo to stay in Washington, D.C., endorsing him Tuesday for a second term in Congress.

Sam Brownback endorses Rick Perry for president

Eagle staff and news services | Sep. 23 at 6:49 a.m.

TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president on Thursday, citing Perry's record on creating jobs and reducing taxes.

Budget work doesn't deter politicians' fundraising

BY ROB HOTAKAINEN AND JAMES ROSEN, McClatchy Newspapers | Sep. 16 at 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Hours after convening the first working meeting of Congress' "supercommittee" Tuesday, committee co-chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state had another engagement:

After Weiner scandal, GOP gains House seat

By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press | Sep. 14 at 12:08 a.m.

NEW YORK — Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that became a referendum on President Obama's economic policies.

Sedgwick County DA's post already drawing GOP interest

BY TIM POTTER, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 16 at 7:53 a.m.

The 2012 race for Sedgwick County district attorney is starting early, and may pit two Republicans with extensive experience in the District Attorney's Office.

Students, military a wrinkle in state's voter redistricting

BY JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | Sep. 3 at 12:08 a.m.

LAWRENCE — Residents in Douglas County are questioning a requirement in the Kansas Constitution that the state adjust census figures to discount the impact of student and military populations.

Sedgwick County: Dead aren't voting

BY BRENT D. WISTROM, Eagle Topeka bureau | August 29 at 5:42 a.m.

TOPEKA — When it comes to deleting the deceased from Kansas voter rolls, county election commissioners depend on ELVIS.

Keep crop insurance, farmers tell senators

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | August 26 at 6:30 a.m.

WICHITA — Keep crop insurance, they said a strong voice. But don't be quick to do away with direct payments to farmers, many added a little more softly.

Federal subsidies for Kansas farmers targeted

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | August 25 at 11:19 a.m.

Farm income is up nationally, and grain prices are high. The economy is down, and Congress is in a cutting mood. So expect the folks in Washington to try to take a sharp knife to federal farm subsidies, which totaled more than $15 billion nationally and nearly $1 billion in Kansas in 2010.

Pompeo dislikes idea of cutting defense

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | August 18 at 5:57 a.m.

The soldier in Mike Pompeo tells him that it's wrong for the nation's defense to take a $350 billion hit if a dozen lawmakers can't reach a bipartisan agreement on trimming the federal debt.

GOP in red, Dems in black in fundraising

Associated Press | August 17 at 12:07 a.m.

TOPEKA — Fundraising for the Republican Party in Kansas has been slow recently, while the state Democratic Party has raised more money this year, according to financial reports.

On bus tour, Obama urges action

By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers | August 16 at 12:08 a.m.

DECORAH, Iowa — President Obama kicked off a three-day Midwest bus trip Monday that had the air of a campaign tour, with cheering crowds, stops for pie, pictures with smiling children and barbs at Republicans.

Bachmann has subsidized-farm income

By Kim Geiger, Tribune Washington bureau | August 16 at 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Despite repeatedly asserting that she has never received income from a family farm that drew federal subsidies in the past, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., again listed the farm as a source of income when she filed her 2010 personal financial disclosures late last week.

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