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Marshall, John

The big shaft (2)

Rural Kansas remains the power source of Republican veto-proof majorities in Topeka. The vast spaces of farm country may hold a minority in population...

The big shaft

Over the past 20 years, the legislature has denied more than $1.5 billion in property tax relief owed to Kansas cities and counties and...

Golden Fork, golden surplus

As mentioned here last month, lobbyists spend a lot of money entertaining legislators at Topeka and other venues. At the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission,...

Debt and credit (2)

Unless Congress comes to its senses, the United States will run out of credit as early as next month. At issue is a federal...

Debt and credit (1)

The Biden administration's budget request for the fiscal year beginning in October proposes $6.9 trillion in federal spending and a $1.4 trillion deficit. Our national...

Ethics fog (Last of three articles)

The Statehouse may be the public's building but it is the lobbyists' home. Elections can change the membership of the state Senate or House of...

Ethics fog(Second of three articles)

Kansas legislators, especially Republicans, have nursed a long and unsettled feud with the state's ethics commission. Last year, Republicans were incensed that party officials...

Ethics fog (1)(First of three articles)

After several nasty scuffles, a long-heated argument has been settled with changes for the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, the agency that enforces the state's...

Extreme want… It’s an old story

A bank gets big, then bold. The bank plays fast and loose with money ‒ funds from depositors, borrowers, investors. Fast and loose becomes...

Pay and pensions

Kansas legislators have been busy hacking hundred-million dollar chunks from Gov. Laura Kelly's budget for state services while creating ways to carve out a...
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