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We were standing on the 11th tee box at Lawrence Country Club a couple of summers ago when Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins asked me if I remembered what place Turner Gill finished in the Heisman Trophy voting.
In a dramatic victory for the growing national movement of registered nurses, more than 300 RNs at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park have become the first Kansas RNs to join with their colleagues around the nation, by voting overwhelmingly to align with Nurses United, the local arm of National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association, AFL-CIO .
KANSAS CITY — Steve Mann doesn't look like an outlaw as he harvests giant rutabagas and luscious lettuce bunches from a friend's garden in Kansas City. But technically he is violating Kansas City ordinances as he prepares to sell the produce. Brooke Salvaggio never dreamed she and her husband, Dan Heryer, were running afoul of city codes when they used a few apprentices in their backyard garden ...
Retiring Kansas Democratic U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore said that when he first ran for office, he planned to serve 10 years in Congress. He's retiring after 12 years.
Many Republicans have already announced their interest in running for the seat currently held by Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.), who unexpectedly announced Monday morning that he would not run for re-election after six terms in the House.
TOPEKA -- Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson announced $259 million worth of spending cuts Monday, reducing funds for highway maintenance and education to shore up a troubled state budget.
Kansas remains the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll while Syracuse makes the jump from unranked to No. 10. The Jayhawks were on top of 56 of the 65 ballots by the national media panel. Michigan State and Texas stayed second and third. Michigan State was No. 1 on seven ballots, with Texas and Syracuse drawing one-first-place vote each. Villanova and Kentucky switched ...
Chalk up another imperiled opportunity because of the city’s ongoing leadership problems, both public and private, according to U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver . The Kansas City Democrat believes a new federal office building that’s been proposed for downtown since 2006 would have been under way by now if the Kansas City Council had chosen a location when it had the opportunity two years ago.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore confirmed Monday a decision not to seek a seventh term in 2010. Kansas Republican officials cheered the turn of events involving the lone Democratic member of the six-person Kansas delegation in Washington, D.C. Moore's term will end in January 2011. read more
Kansas 3rd Dist. Congressman Dennis Moore says he will not seek a seventh term.
Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Larry Gates issued this statement concerning U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore's retirement. As expected, it's a little nicer than the statement released early by the Kansas Republican Party. “Congressman Moore has dedicated his career to public service. During the past 11 years Dennis Moore’s commitment to his constituents has been unmatched by any other member of ...
