White House Names Beth Phillips as New US Attorney for KC District September 30, 2009

A federal prosecutor who has been  chasing child molesters, Assistant US Attorney Beth Phillips, has been named the US Attorney for Western Missouri. that includes Kansas City.
A statement from the White house in President Obama’s name said Phillips, and two other US Attorneys who were appointed today “boast impressive legal careers that speak to their  [...]

Kansas Budget; The Red September September 30, 2009

There appears to be no let up in the recession for the Kansas state budget.
New figures says the  state’s revenue was down $67 million from expectations.  The state is down $65 million  for it’s budget year which started in July.
Governor Mark Parkinson, who will have to put together a very, very tight budget for next [...]

Politico: Biden to Missouri for Carnahan September 29, 2009

Here’s the lead to the report on the Politico web site today, “With the fate of President Barack Obama’s ambitious first-term agenda rising mostly on the Senate, he and his top aides are intensely focused on fortifying the Democratic Party’s majority in the upper chamber by attempting to clear primary fields, bolster vulnerable incumbents and [...]

Dole to Stump in JoCo for Kansas GOP September 29, 2009

Former Kansas Senator and 1996 Republican nominee for President, Bob Dole will be the star of a Johnson County Fundraiser October 7.
Dole is being brought in by the Johnson County Republicans and the State Republican party.  This will be a fundraiser for the Kansas  GOP to build it’s majority in the Kansas House.
The invitation says the [...]

Star Plans to Rip Nixon Over Dirty Lake Water September 25, 2009

The Missouri GOP fired off a news release late Friday afternoon saying that the KC Star Editorial Board will rip into Democratic Governor Jay Nixon in a Saturday morning editorial.
The GOP says the editorial will criticize Nixon’s handling of the delayed report of dangerously high levels of the e-coli bacteria that was found at the [...]