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Panel torn over claims against O'Neal

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Today at 12:47 a.m.

TOPEKA — A legislative committee struggled Thursday to determine whether a top Republican lawmaker committed misconduct by filing a lawsuit against the state on behalf of businesses, while his top Democratic accuser levied another allegation of wrongdoing.

  • Sales tax exemption bill gutted; vote stalled till May

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 17 at 5:44 a.m.

    TOPEKA — The House on Tuesday gutted — then delayed a vote on — a bill that had sought to eliminate sales tax exemptions on home utilities, churches, lottery tickets and a host of odds and ends.

  • Ethics panel reviews complaint on O'Neal

    BY DAVID KLEPPER, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 16 at 12:04 a.m.

    Six Kansas lawmakers were named Monday to a panel to review an ethics complaint against House Speaker Mike O'Neal, R-Hutchinson.

  • Current, former Kansas governors urge transportation projects

    By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | March 16 at 5:39 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Joined by two former Republican governors who championed Kansas highway programs, Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson made a pitch Monday for more projects despite bleak state revenue.

  • Bill would cap lawmakers' extra pay

    BY TIM CARPENTER, Topeka Capital-Journal | March 14 at 12:06 a.m.

    TOPEKA — The wave of fiscal austerity rolling through the Statehouse may be powerful enough to sweep away a pillar of extra pay received by the most powerful members of the House and Senate.

  • Democrats file complaint against Kansas House Speaker

    BY DAVID KLEPPER, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 13 at 1:09 a.m.

    Democratic leaders in the Kansas House filed a formal complaint Friday against Speaker Mike O'Neal over the Hutchinson Republican's legal work on behalf of business groups suing the state.

  • Disability advocates ask court to halt cuts

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 14 at 7:36 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Advocates for Kansans with developmental disabilities asked the Kansas Supreme Court to stop cuts to their programs and restore the money.

  • Democrats criticize move to delay staff's pay cuts

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | March 12 at 5:52 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Top Democrats criticized a push by Kansas' Republican House speaker to delay pay cuts for legislative leaders' staff — including his wife — which were scheduled to take effect Thursday.

  • Senate addresses fuel tax misallocations

    BY TIM CARPENTER, Topeka Capital-Journal | March 11 at 12:07 a.m.

    TOPEKA — An amendment offered in the Senate budget committee this week would restore $5.3 million in fuel tax revenue denied Shawnee County due to a series of computer errors by officials in the state revenue department and the state treasurer's office.

  • Lawmakers more open to tax hikes

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 11 at 5:41 a.m.

    TOPEKA — In January, sales tax increases, eliminating sales tax exemptions and increasing sin taxes found only tepid support among lawmakers.

  • SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WON'T BE FORCED TO MERGE

    BY JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | March 10 at 12:07 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Kansas House members rejected portions of a bill Tuesday that would have reduced state aid for some small school districts.

  • Legislators absent most on Fridays

    Associated Press | March 8 at 12:08 a.m.

    TOPEKA — A handful of state senators have played hooky from the Statehouse more than a dozen times during the most recent two legislative sessions, blaming their absences on everything from illnesses to career obligations.

  • Proposed change in DUI law eliminates a reporting rule

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 6 at 7:36 a.m.

    TOPEKA — A bill in the House Judiciary Committee could remove the requirement that drunken drivers who are required to get ignition interlock devices installed in their vehicles report to the state that they had done so.

  • Parkinson cuts roads funding to fix budget

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 6 at 12:05 a.m.

    TOPEKA — The state's roads will be rougher and three HMOs will pay a fee as part of the solution Gov. Mark Parkinson proposed to close an $85 million shortfall in the current budget.

  • Senate unanimously OKs unemployment tax law

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | March 5 at 12:05 a.m.

    TOPEKA — A bill easing the pain for Kansas businesses facing a huge tax increase easily won approval Thursday in the state Senate after its Republican majority backed away from proposed cuts in benefits for jobless workers.

  • Parkinson to address more cuts to budget

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 5 at 5:47 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Gov. Mark Parkinson will announce more cuts to the state budget this morning.

  • Kansas bill would tax utility bills, churches' purchases

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 3 at 5:54 a.m.

    TOPEKA — A bill eliminating sales tax exemptions on utility bills and lottery tickets is headed for debate in the Kansas House.

  • Health resolution hits House floor

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | March 3 at 12:08 a.m.

    TOPEKA — After two hours of debate, a constitutional amendment aimed at preventing the federal government from requiring that Kansans buy health insurance was sent by a committee to the House floor on Tuesday.

  • Feb. revenue shortfall is $71 million

    By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Feb. 27 at 12:08 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson backed away Friday from his opposition to additional cuts in the state's current budget after a report showed tax collections this month were $71 million short of expectations.

  • Proponent of drug tests says test legislators too

    By TIM CARPENTER, Topeka Capital-Journal | Feb. 27 at 12:08 a.m.

    TOPEKA — A House Republican responded to criticism of her bill requiring random drug testing of Kansans on state assistance by proposing the same requirement for legislators.

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