Politics & Government

Budget director: Kansas budget bill needed by mid-February to pay bills

Kansas will have difficulty paying its bills if lawmakers do not pass a measure to fix a $279 million budget shortfall by mid-February.

Politics & Government

Capitol Beats: 'Do you want to get that?'

Check this spot on Sundays for a few quick hits about what’s driving the debate in the Legislature.

Politics & Government

Budget director sent e-mail from private account to lobbyists on proposed budget

Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget director used a private e-mail account to share a working version of the governor’s proposed budget with two lobbyists three weeks before it was unveiled to lawmakers.

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Let the Wichita Eagle and Kansas.com know what issues matter the most in this year's Kansas legislative session.

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Anti-tax activist Norquist criticizes Brownback’s proposed budget fix

The Kansas governor has proposed steep tax increases on tobacco and alcohol.

Politics & Government

Wichita council withdraws support for driver’s permits for illegal immigrants

A proposal to grant illegal immigrants the opportunity to obtain driver’s permits lost the support of the Wichita City Council on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

City Council member Lavonta Williams to run for mayor

City Council member Lavonta Williams, who represents District 1 in northeast Wichita, has filed paperwork for mayor.

Great Outdoors Photo Contest voting

From hundreds of entries, The Eagle's photographers have selected 15 adult and 5 youth finalists. Now, it's the public's turn to pick the winners.

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Election

10 candidates file for Wichita mayor’s race

With several last-minute filings, there will be 10 candidates for the Wichita mayor’s race.

Politics & Government

Brownback plan would encourage urban growth

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s prescription for reviving rural Kansas came in the form of tax breaks and paying off student loans.

Education

Joshua Blick files for District 4 seat on Wichita school board

One more candidate has filed to run for the Wichita school board, meaning two of three incumbents will have opponents in the April 7 general election.

Politics & Government

Scientists to legislative panel: Fracking isn’t direct cause of Kansas earthquakes

The increased number of quakes is likely connected to the reinjection of salty wastewater from oil and gas drilling.

Politics & Government

Kansas Senate bill would let any legal gun owner secretly carry without permit

The state Senate is poised to pass a bill that would allow any Kansan who can legally own a gun to carry it concealed in public.

Politics & Government

Gov. Sam Brownback’s push to change Kansas Supreme Court seen as linked to school finance

Democratic lawmakers and education advocates say Gov. Sam Brownback’s push to change the way the state’s Supreme Court justices are selected is actually a veiled attack on public education.

State

Obama focuses on middle class economics in KU speech

President Obama touted ambitious policy goals – including universal child care and free community college – to strengthen middle class families when he spoke before an enthusiastic crowd of more than 7,000 at the University of Kansas on Thursday.

Election

Josh Shorter to challenge Jeff Blubaugh in District 4 council race

Josh Shorter, chief operating officer of Integrated Components, has announced he will run against incumbent Jeff Blubaugh in the District 4 City Council race.

Politics & Government

Brownback supports measure banning abortion method

Gov. Sam Brownback promised Thursday to sign legislation to ban a procedure used in about 8 percent of the abortions in Kansas and described by critics as dismembering a fetus.

Election

Only death would let candidates off ballot in bill promoted by Kobach

The bill rewrites the statute at the center of the court battle between Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor.

Nation & World

Attorney General nominee moves closer to confirmation

Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch faces more grilling Thursday as she moves closer to an expected confirmation, following a daylong hearing in which she testified to her independence from President Barack Obama and willingness to work with the Republican-led Congress.

Business

Fed sees strengthening economy but stays 'patient' on rates

The Federal Reserve's outlook for the U.S. economy is steadily brightening. Yet the Fed will be "patient" in raising interest rates from record lows.

Business

Mobile provider TracFone to pay $40M in federal settlement

The nation's largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it misled millions of smartphone customers with promises of unlimited data service.

Nation & World

State Dept. officials meet with House Benghazi panel

State Department officials met Wednesday with a special House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, a day after the panel's Republican chairman complained about resistance from the Obama administration and vowed to "ratchet up" his inquiry.

Business

FACT CHECK: Both sides in Keystone XL debate bend facts

Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada to the Gulf, say the privately funded, $8 billion project is a critically needed piece of infrastructure that will create thousands of jobs and make the U.S. dependent on oil from friends, rather than foes.

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Budget director: Kansas budget bill needed by mid-February to pay bills

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Capitol Beats: 'Do you want to get that?'

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Budget director sent e-mail from private account to lobbyists on proposed budget

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Anti-tax activist Norquist criticizes Brownback’s proposed budget fix

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Wichita council withdraws support for driver’s permits for illegal immigrants

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City Council member Lavonta Williams to run for mayor

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