Tag: Brett Parker
Budget would cut governor out of COVID relief spending
Republican lawmakers are asserting their control over how the state spends new federal COVID-19 relief money, effectively cutting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly out of...
Bill stripping governors of appointments advances
A plan that would strip Kansas governors of their power to replace vacancies for two statewide offices moved out of a House committee on...
Parker withdraws from leadership race
Democratic state Rep. Brett Parker late Tuesday pulled out of the race for assistant House minority leader, and threw his support to Rep. Jason...
Kansas in the celebrity fundraising spotlight
There's enough of them to fill the Hollywood Squares.
Amid the millions of dollars flowing into Kansas for next week's election, a number of celebrities...
Pandemic politics: Who wins, who loses?
For many weeks, Kansas Democrats have been blowing the whistle on Republican candidates not wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each time a leading Republican...
Democrats leading GOP in registering new voters
Kansas Democrats are outpacing Republicans in new voter registrations since the 2018 primary election, another sign of the wave of energy the GOP is...
Candidates navigate pandemic waters
By Roxie Hammill
Sunflower State Journal
In so many ways, 2020 has been a year like no other for political campaigning.
Parades, county fairs, cocktail party fundraisers...
Campaigning in the shadow of a pandemic
Typically, Stacey Knoell's relationship with technology was always on a "need-to-know basis."
Now, the Democratic state Senate candidate is getting a crash course in technology...
Lawmakers block Kelly’s property tax proposal
Lawmakers are blocking Gov. Laura Kelly's plan for reducing property taxes because of skeptics who think it won't have much impact.
The House Appropriations Committee...
Sunday Reader: ‘Dark store’ bill, Farmer Mac nominee
Good morning everyone:
We start a fresh week after a momentous ending to Friday's session when a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion was defeated after...
