Tag: Kansas

Brownback, who ran for president in 2008, is very unpopular halfway through his second term. (Thad Allton /The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Kansas Republicans might hike taxes over Brownback’s veto

David Freddoso · February 22, 2017 5:49 pm

Republicans there have fallen on some hard times and are mostly fighting one another. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Setback for Kansas Republicans as Rep. Lynn Jenkins won’t run for governor in 2018

David Freddoso · January 25, 2017 7:32 pm

Pompeo Delivers Another Smooth Confirmation Hearing for Trump’s Cabinet

Michael Warren · January 12, 2017 10:44 pm

The Restoring Access to Medication Act would allow HSA and FSA funds to be used on over-the-counter meds. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Toward a more patient-centered healthcare system

Rep Lynn Jenkins · January 10, 2017 5:04 am

Marshal's son made headlines this week for "dabbing" during his father's swearing-in ceremony. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

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Ousted congressman takes loser’s frustration out on opponent’s son

Becket Adams · January 6, 2017 8:32 pm

Kansas' Supreme Court on Friday will hear the appeal of a death row inmate for the first time since Election Day. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Kansas Supreme Court to hear first death penalty case since justices’ election

Ryan Lovelace · December 16, 2016 4:51 pm

Pompeo Tapped By Trump to Head CIA

Mark Hemingway · November 18, 2016 4:40 pm

Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., has deployed a unique GOTV operation in bid to survive possible Democratic wave. (AP Photo)

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In Kevin Yoder’s Kansas race, baseball and Obama are on the ballot

Philip Wegmann · October 28, 2016 9:25 pm

Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Three Kansas men arrested for planning to bomb Somali refugee community

Anna Giaritelli · October 14, 2016 10:24 pm

Which states are voting differently from demographic projections? (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Social connectedness (or lack thereof) explains changes in the political map

Michael Barone · September 14, 2016 12:43 am

Rep. Tim Huelskamp lost his Republican congressional seat Tuesday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Freedom Caucus member loses House seat in primary

Sarah Bedford · August 3, 2016 3:16 am

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is one of the most "fervid ideologues" of his party, the board wrote. (AP Photo/Nicholas Clayton)

NY Times decides pro-voter ID lawmaker is a ‘zealot’

Becket Adams · July 18, 2016 9:37 pm