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GOP race reshaped with Perry in, Pawlenty out

By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers | August 15 at 12:08 a.m.

WATERLOO, Iowa — It's a new race for Republicans as they head toward fall seeking a 2012 presidential nominee to challenge President Obama.

Obama to lay out jobs plan on bus tour

By Peter Nicholas, Tribune Washington bureau | August 15 at 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON — As he sets out on a three-day bus tour of the Midwest focused on the economy, President Obama is coming under growing pressure from fellow Democrats to put forward a more aggressive strategy to create jobs than the one he has been touting for months.

Governor's chief of staff shaking up the Capitol

BY DAVE HELLING, Kansas City Star | August 12 at 12:07 a.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Even David Kensinger's friends call him a pit bull.

Home state senators block Six's nomination

BY ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press | July 29 at 12:08 a.m.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that it will not consider the nomination of former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six to the federal appeals court bench, deferring to opposition from the nominee's Republican home state senators.

County commissioner Ranzau rails on airport security

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | July 7 at 10:34 a.m.

On the heels of Independence Day, Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau questioned whether security measures at U.S. airports infringe on liberty and freedom and said he would not fly with his children.

Privacy concerns raised over abortion rules

Associated Press | July 6 at 12:08 a.m.

TOPEKA — Abortion-rights supporters worried Tuesday that regulations Kansas is trying to enact would give the state health department unfettered access to patient medical records and suggested it could endanger the privacy of women who have terminated pregnancies.

Planned Parenthood sues Kansas over funds

BY DION LEFLER and FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | June 28 at 6:44 a.m.

Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri is fighting back in court against the Kansas Legislature and the governor, who stripped it of federal family-planning funds because of its affiliation with abortion services.

ers for one man to sign

BY NANCY BENAC, Associated Press | June 27 at 12:07 a.m.

WASHINGTON — It's the open secret that nobody in government wants to talk about: That cherished presidential signature that's tucked away in a scrapbook or framed for all to see might never have passed under the president's hand.

Kansas gets federal funds to help small business

BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | June 23 at 7 a.m.

The state of Kansas has been awarded $13.2 million in federal funding to expand efforts to boost small business.

Health reform waivers draw political fire

By DAVID GOLDSTEIN, Eagle Washington bureau | June 23 at 12:07 a.m.

WASHINGTON —Kansas Republicans waged a sharply-worded political attack Wednesday on the Obama administration's efforts to relax some of the new health reform rules that affect businesses, unions and states.

Wichita to proceed on new airport terminal

BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 25 at 11:10 a.m.

Wichita is moving forward with a new terminal at Mid-Continent Airport after a nine-month delay.

Brownback has faith in inmate mentor plan

BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | June 21 at 7:07 a.m.

Gov. Sam Brownback said he has high hopes that matching outgoing inmates with faith-driven mentors will cut the number of offenders who return to prison.

Labor Department to lay off 80 workers

Associated Press | June 19 at 10:09 a.m.

TOPEKA — The government agency in Kansas that administers benefits for unemployed workers plans to lay off about 16 percent of its employees, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's administration said Friday.

GOP's 2012 hopefuls face off in first debate

By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers | June 14 at 12:07 a.m.

MANCHESTER, N.H. —Mitt Romney tried hard to stay above the Republican debate battle, Tim Pawlenty tried mightily to boost his stature and Michele Bachmann came on strong.

Pompeo firm in support of Medicare reform

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | June 10 at 12:07 a.m.

House Republicans have been touting Medicare reform as a necessary part of improving the nation's financial health.

Who saves, who pays with debit-card fee cap

Eagle staff and news services | June 9 at 6:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Merchants triumphed over bankers in a battle for billions Wednesday as the Senate voted to let the Federal Reserve curb the fees that stores pay financial institutions when a customer swipes a debit card.

Effort to save arts funding fails

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | June 2 at 6:28 a.m.

TOPEKA — An effort by some Kansas legislators to save state funding for the arts failed Wednesday when the House rejected an attempt to override Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of the budget for the Kansas Arts Commission.

Moran says he won't support increasing debt ceiling without 'significant' cuts

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | June 1 at 7:14 a.m.

Sen. Jerry Moran didn't waste any time Tuesday letting a Wichita audience know where he stood on increasing the nation's debt limit.

Moran opposes raising debt ceiling without cuts

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | June 1 at 6:16 a.m.

Sen. Jerry Moran didn't waste any time Tuesday letting a Wichita audience know where he stood on increasing the nation's debt limit.

Palin makes a splash at motorcycle rally in D.C.

By Rachel Weiner, Washington Post | May 30 at 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin brought some chaos and political buzz to the 24th annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride Sunday, riding into the Pentagon parking lot around noon on the back of a Harley and quickly drawing a crowd of reporters, fans and gawkers.

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