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Immigration issue may stay stalled by JEANNINE KORANDA 24 Jul 2008 at 1:38am It's a topic for feds, many legislative candidates sayKansas legislators talked tough about immigration reforms before the last session started. But in the end, they couldn't agree on any. Changes in state law may be unlikely in the next session, too, if the views of south-central Kansas legislative candidates are any indication.Roughly half of candidates who responded to an Eagle questionnaire said immigration is a federal issue."Per our U.S. Constitution, this jurisdiction is at the federal... Health care, wages top District 29 race by JEANNINE KORANDA 18 Jul 2008 at 1:39am Quality of life issues -- health care, education and good-paying jobs -- dominate the District 29 Democratic primary for an open state Senate seat.Rep. Oletha Faust-Goudeau, 48, and Kelechi "KC" Ohaebosim, 29, both see jobs that pay a living wage as important to the district.Roughly half the voters in the district are registered Democrats. About 17 percent graduated from college. About 60 percent of households have an annual income of less than $35,000.Bringing new living-wage jobs into the c... Legislators to study gas prices 17 Jul 2008 at 1:40am Legislators aren't sure how much -- if anything -- they can do about high gasoline prices, but a committee will study the issue later this year to make sure they aren't missing something.Legislative leaders have assigned the topic to the Special Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy. The committee hasn't set its first meeting, but its review and any recommendations would come before the legislative session starts in January."We wanted to make sure that there's not some barrier that we'... Legislature cuts its own spending by JEANNINE KORANDA 12 Jul 2008 at 1:39am TOPEKA _ Legislative leaders responded to declining state revenue by cutting the Legislature's current budget by 2 percent.The move, announced Friday by the Legislative Coordinating Council, will save about $600,000, said House Speaker Rep. Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, who chairs the council."In spite of the Legislature's hard work to limit new spending, recent revenue reports show bigger decreases than expected and we need to do more to keep our state's budget in line," he said.Gov. Kathleen S... |