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Blick: Life's trials helped form the man he is today

BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | March 25 at 12:06 a.m.

Joshua Blick spent so much time in the voting booth on Election Day staring at his name on the ballot that he thought the poll workers must be wondering.

Stocks of local interest

March 23 at 6:25 a.m.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett says directors would support Ajit Jain as the company's next head if the reinsurance executive decided to seek the post.

Stevens: Government must get back to basics

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | March 23 at 12:06 a.m.

Charlie Stevens can think of several things he'd rather be doing than jumping into politics for the first time.

Meitzner dedicated to family and community

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | March 23 at 12:06 a.m.

Paul Meitzner's customers at his drapery and upholstery business in Wichita came from all sorts of means and backgrounds.

City's candidates united in favor of arts funding

BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | March 22 at 6:17 a.m.

The 10 people running for Wichita mayor and City Council have drastically different views on economic development and the city's current spending priorities.

Pompeo blasts federal deficit at Maize event

BY HURST LAVIANA, The Wichita Eagle | March 20 at 12:08 a.m.

The federal budget deficit dominated the discussion Saturday at U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo's town hall meeting in Maize.

Police: Gietzen tipster unknown

BY HURST LAVIANA, The Wichita Eagle | March 19 at 12:47 a.m.

Wichita police said Friday that they don't know who phoned in the tip that led to the arrest this week of City Council candidate Mark Gietzen.

Tweaked voter ID measure moves out of Senate panel

BY DION LEFLER, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 18 at 12:06 a.m.

TOPEKA — Secretary of State Kris Kobach's bill requiring photo ID and proof of citizenship for voters advanced out of a Senate committee on Thursday, in a slightly weakened form.

Council candidate Gietzen arrested

BY Hurst Laviana and BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | March 17 at 6:42 a.m.

Mark Gietzen, a candidate for the District 3 seat on the Wichita City Council, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on driving-related charges and booked into the Sedgwick County Jail, records show.

Casino lawsuit resolution advances

BY TODD FERTIG, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 30 at 4:25 p.m.

TOPEKA — A House committee advanced a resolution Tuesday requiring the attorney general to sue over the state awarding the Sumner County casino contract to Peninsula Gaming.

Rep. apologizes for remark about shooting illegal immigrants

BY TODD FERTIG, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 16 at 6:50 a.m.

Facing calls for his resignation, Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, issued an apology Tuesday for saying that perhaps the state should resort to shooting illegal immigrants.

Wichita council candidates appear at Republican women's forum

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | March 13 at 1:04 a.m.

Pete Meitzner strayed a bit from the Republican Women United forum Saturday for a little public service announcement.

Wichita City Council candidates discuss guns, flooding

BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | March 12 at 1:05 a.m.

What do you get when you put six Republican City Council candidates in front of 77 people at a Republican lunch meeting?

Alternate voter ID bill on agenda

BY TODD FERTIG, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 12 at 12:05 a.m.

After hearing two days of arguments on the voter ID bill championed by Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Senate committee is considering another bill characterized by its author as "voter ID light."

Brownback cuts millions in school spending

BY DION LEFLER, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 12 at 12:54 a.m.

TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback is cutting $50 million from schools and will ask the Legislature to transfer nearly that much to cover increased costs in health and human services caseloads, his office announced Friday.

Meitzner joins Stevens in bid for Wichita City Council seat

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | March 5 at 1:19 a.m.

Pete Meitzner knows one big difference between him and Charlie Stevens as they both campaign for the District 2 seat on the Wichita City Council in next month's general election.

Full Senate to hear plan that could save Arts Commission

BY TODD FERTIG, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 4 at 12:05 a.m.

TOPEKA — A resolution to block Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to abolish the state Arts Commission will go to the full Senate, a committee decided Thursday.

Students join rally for mental health care

BY TODD FERTIG, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 4 at 12:05 a.m.

TOPEKA — Nine-year-old Tristan O'Shields came to the Capitol on Thursday to advocate for mental health care. But meeting her legislator was not the highlight of her visit. Meeting Mrs. Kansas was.

Retirees, student in school board race

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | March 2 at 9:11 a.m.

Two retirees and a 22-year-old master's degree student will face one another in the general election for the Wichita school board's at-large seat.

Huckabee, his book find warm welcome in Wichita

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | March 2 at 10:18 a.m.

Mike Huckabee found an hour's solace from the pressures of politics as a tour bus with his picture on the side rolled into the parking lot of Watermark Books on Tuesday evening.

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