kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
People living in a Kansas town contaminated for decades by abandoned lead and zinc mines could finally be getting a break. Both chambers of Congress on Thursday approved legislation to give the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to buy out Treece, Kan., and relocate its residents.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The Senate approved $32 million Tuesday for a planned foot-and-mouth disease research lab in Kansas, while ordering more study on the lab's safety.
Hawaii Right to Life (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com Editor October 1, 2009 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Members of the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday not only turned back an amendment to stop abortion funding, but they defeated an amendment to stop rationing as well. They rejected, on a party-line vote, an amendment to eliminate the rationing components of the Baucus health care bill. Sen. Jon Kyl, an Arizona...
The Travis Monitor (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Big ObamaCare Vote on Tuesday - amendment to get public option re-inserted into the bill: Originally the Senate Finance Committee was to vote on the Public Option Amendments today, but it seems that it has been pushed back until Tuesday September 29, 2009. It has been called the beginning of the battle; in an interview Wednesday night, Charles Schumer is quoted saying, “Tomorrow is the opening...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The three new food operations joining the mix at the Kansas City Power & Light District are decidedly different venues — big and brash, tiny and old-fashioned, and a sizzling two-story “create your own dish” chain. •The locally owned roadhouse restaurant and sports bar Johnny's Tavern has crossed the state line for the first time since it was founded in Lawrence in 1953.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
WASHINGTON -- Kansas' two U.S. senators are blocking 10 of President Barack Obama's nominees for senior administration posts at the Pentagon and Justice Department in protest over a proposal to house Guantanamo detainees at the Fort Leavenworth prison.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Kansas’ two U.S. senators are celebrating Senate passage of an energy and water appropriations bill containing $4 million to buy cancer research equipment for the University of Kansas. The money will come through the Department of Energy Office of Science and assist the university in its effort to earn a National Cancer Institute cancer center designation.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
TOPEKA | A spending bill approved by the U.S. Senate contains $36 million for the construction of a bio-security laboratory in Kansas. Sen. Sam Brownback said Friday he would try to ensure that House and Senate negotiators included the money in the final version of homeland security appropriations. Brownback, a Kansas Republican, is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
WASHINGTON -- Don't have health insurance? Don't want to pay for it? Too bad.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
The four U.S. senators from Missouri and Kansas announced Tuesday that they had teamed up on a resolution to designate the region from Manhattan, Kan., to Columbia, Mo., as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
WASHINGTON -- A former employee of a fundraising firm has admitted stealing nearly $18,000 from a political action committee for Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts.
HealthLawProf Blog (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009
The Washington Post reports on the continued delay in the Senate on the approval of Governor Sebelius nomination to be the Secretary of HHS. Ceci Connolly writes, President Obama will have to wait a bit longer to round out his...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 04/02/2009
WASHINGTON | Saying she’d be a tough enforcer, President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday called for a crackdown on medical fraud as part of any health care overhaul.
Sunlight Foundation (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
The Washington Times editorialized in favor of S. 482, the Senate e-filing bill, in today’s paper. Below is a section from the editorial. Don’t forget to help us pass S. 482 by going to the Pass 482 site and calling your senators to get their support: Sen. Russell Feingold, Wisconsin Democrat, has once again reintroduced legislation [...]
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