First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp has a genius for irritating those who disagree with him. Latest on his hit list has been House Speaker John Boehner. Huelskamp has let Boehner know that he thinks the…

Last year, Gov. Sam Brownback launched an early retirement program to entice state employees into quitting. About 1,000 took advantage of the offer to provide health insurance and a one-time cash bonus. Kansas, the administration…

California, the state that governs by popular vote, has been trapped by its own sense of fairness.Fifteen years ago voters there amended the state’s constitution through a referendum to declare that race could not be…

By JOE SNEVE (former) Register Reporter About 10 months ago, Susan Lynn offered me a position as a reporter at the Iola Register. I wasn’t sure what to think of this little Kansas town, hours…

Dear editor, My name is Tonya Shaughnessy, formerly Tonya Farmer, and I am concerned about  an incident involving my father Bill Farmer, 77, that occurred Saturday night. My father has lived and kept a house…

Merle and Patricia Butler of Red Bud, Ill., have a new assignment: As winners of $158 million, after taxes, they must now learn to live like Mitt and Ann Romney. Build a garage with 3,600…

Like scandals? Take your choice, sex or money? The Obama administration wrestles with both right now. U.S. Secret Service agents and, so it is said, some of the nation’s elite Marine guards took 20 or…

When they say a picture captures a thousand words, then the video produced by Iolans for Good Government leaves us speechless.  The 20-minute clip is posted on the Register’s website, iola-register.com, and is traveling the…

As nominee Mitt Romney shakes up his etch-a-sketch and picks a running mate the whole nation will be looking over his shoulder. What image will appear? Male or female? Young or seasoned? Moderate or conservative?…

When Kansas lawmakers return to Topeka next week to wrap up this session’s affairs, they should give some thought to the brain drain which bleeds the Sunflower State of talent following diploma-granting time. Here is…