Tag: Kris Kobach
For the last several years Kansas has boasted of its shrinking welfare roles. And its true. Ever since the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback tightened eligibility rules, voila!, the number of those applying for benefits…
WASHINGTON In three states, the referee for the midterm elections is also on the field as a player. Elected secretaries of state in Georgia and Kansas who in their official capacities oversee the…
Greg Orman would seem to be the definition of a self-made millionaire and successful businessman. Orman would like to add governor of Kansas to that resumé. It isnt going to happen. When Orman announced his…
Election 2018: This is the first of a series of articles on the five candidates for Kansas governor. On the evening of July 13, 1992, former Texas Representative Barbara Jordan, suffering from multiple sclerosis, was…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Kris Kobach promised Wednesday to push for tougher work requirements for welfare and state health coverage recipients in Kansas, building on existing policies that have populist appeal but draw criticism…
Few issues split Kansas politics like the Obama-era expansion of Medicaid. Unlike 33 other states, Kansas still has not expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. Expanding Medicaid would pay for the health…
Iola has two new leaders in town. Daniel Kays comes across the country from California to be the new director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. And Mary Benningfield is the new executive director of…
Former Gov. Sam Brownback wanted his legacy to be as a champion of education. His favorite photo-op was him reading to toddlers, as he touted all-day kindergarten and summer and after-school literacy programs as well…
Surreal. Virginia Macha uses that word repeatedly to describe her experience last weekend, when she had the chance to attend President Donald Trumps rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach. Not only did she meet…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Democrat running to replace Kris Kobach as Kansas secretary of state is trying to get voters to repudiate the conservative Republicans political legacy of tough voter identification laws, which Kobach…
