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Clean Indoor Air Legislation will save lives.
Before serving in the legislature, I was employed with the American Cancer Society. I had been working for four years with the legislature to... Read more...
   
   
New Transportation Plan will create 175,000 new jobs.
The success of the 2010 session- and the long-term economic stability of Kansas- depended on the passage of a new comprehensive... Read more...
   
   
Lexie’s Law protects children from unsafe daycares.
Lexie Engelman was 13-months-old when she suffered fatal injuries at a home day care in 2004. Last year, 18-month-old Ava Patrick... Read more...
   
   
   
   
 
  August 11, 2010, Kansas Governor on Balancing Budget
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson on cutting $1B from the state’s budget and raising taxes to manage the shortfall.
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  July 28, 2010, Overland Park - Kansas Chamber, Go Away
  The Kansas Chamber of Commerce needs to stay out of Johnson County. And they can take Americans for Prosperity with them. The chamber is not... Read more...
   
  May 28, 2010, Topeka -- End of Session Newsletter
  The Kansas Legislature has completed the 2010 Legislative Session. As expected, it was a difficult year filled with complicated and controversial issues... Read more...
   
  May 10th, 2010, Topeka -- Gov. Parkinson Calls for Civility
  Two weeks ago, in my letter to legislators welcoming them back for the veto session, I wrote about Kansas’ ability to rise above the partisan bickering seen in Washington and... Read more...