Tag: Kansas

U.S. attorney Barry Grissom announces the arrest of Terry Lee Loewen, 58, of Wichita, Kan., during a news conference on Friday in Witchita, Kan. Grissom said Loewen was arrested Friday morning at Mid-Continent regional airport where he planned to drive a car that he believed was full of explosives into a terminal at the airport. (AP/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying)

Beltway Confidential

Would-be Wichita bomber Terry Lee Loewen inspired by al Qaeda magazine, Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki

Joel Gehrke · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

(AP/Charlie Riedel)

Energy and Environment

Some Kan. lawmakers to fight wind power incentives

Associated Press · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

Kansas is receiving a $100,000 federal grant to promote the use of locally grown food in schools and agriculture education programs. (Photo: Thinkstock)

USDA awards Kansas $100K for school programs

Washington Examiner · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his reasons for calling a special session of the Legislature during a ceremony, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The governor says it's necessary of lawmakers to rewrite the state's "Hard 50" criminal sentencing law to protect public safety after a court ruling raising questions about the law's constitutionality. (AP Photo/John Milburn)

Kansas governor seeks school finance dialogue

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Blue Cross Blue Shield told city workers in a small Kansas town that their group health care plan would no longer be available due to the health care law.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

Kansas town’s employees lose health care coverage due to Obamacare

Joel Gehrke · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

KC Star: Amtrak routes through western Kansas and elsewhere are in jeopardy

Washington Examiner · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Democrat leaving race for Kansas secretary of state

Democrat leaving race for Kansas secretary of state

Associated Press · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Kansas City: Voters weigh unusual tax to fund medical research

Washington Examiner · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Jean Schodorf to launch campaign for Kansas secretary of state

Jean Schodorf to launch campaign for Kansas secretary of state

Associated Press · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

In this Friday, May 25, 2013 file photo, Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Davis announced Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, that Jill Docking will be his running mate in his bid to challenge Republican Gov. Sam Brownback in 2014. Docking, 57, whose husband was lieutenant governor in the 1980s, was introduced Tuesday in Prairie Village as Davis kicked off a bus tour that will also take them to Topeka, Salina and Wichita. Docking ruled out her own run at governor this summer, saying she didn't know what her political future held. (AP Photo/John Milburn, File)

Paul Davis teams with Jill Docking in Kansas governor’s race

Associated Press · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Wichita Eagle: City, FBI confirm unsubstantiated threat to Wichita water system, others ‘in this area’

Energy and Environment

Wichita Eagle: City, FBI confirm unsubstantiated threat to Wichita water system, others ‘in this area’

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

Big Ideas: On libertarians, Kansas’ taxes and inequality

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2013 4:00 am