Climate group could help state
Kansas is playing catch-up on climate change issues. More than half the states, representing more than two-thirds of the U.S. population, already have created or started plans to reduce their greenhouse gases.
Kansas is playing catch-up on climate change issues. More than half the states, representing more than two-thirds of the U.S. population, already have created or started plans to reduce their greenhouse gases.
Wichita faces a choice: Either clean up its air quality and bring ozone levels under control, or be forced to do so by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Kansans think enough of Kathleen Sebelius to have elected her governor twice, the last time with a hefty 58 percent of the vote. And for the past year, her approval rating in SurveyUSA's monthly polling has averaged 65 percent -- stratospheric compared with some of her fellow governors.
At least Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services Secretary Don Jordan stepped up this week and admitted that he had no evidence to support his earlier claims that the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office had bullied and threatened SRS caseworkers into putting false information in court documents. But Jordan should still step down, or else Gov. Kathleen Sebelius should fire him.