Candidates File for Office →

"More people have filed for state legislative offices in districts that represent portions of Leavenworth County.

Jeff Pittman, Leavenworth, and Debbie Deere, Lansing, recently announced they have filed as candidates for the Kansas House of Representatives. And Bill Hutton, rural Basehor, announced Friday that he has filed for the Kansas Senate. All three are Democrats.

Pittman is running in the 41st House District, which includes portions of the city of Leavenworth and Fort Leavenworth.

Pittman works as a systems engineer for a software company.

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"Our state needs experienced people like me that bring expertise and knowledge from the business world to actually balance the budget, create new jobs and improve our economy,” Pittman said in a news release."

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Barton Attempts to Censure Lawmaker →

The Garden City Telegram

"In this so-called post-racial era in America after the 2008 election and 2012 re-election of Barack Obama as president, people abhor being called racist or even the thought that their actions are racist — even when they are.

A severe backlash is what Rep. Valdenia Winn of Wyandotte County is facing from her colleagues in the Kansas Legislature for her testifying in March against a bill to repeal a 10-year-old law, enabling some immigrants to pay in-state tuition at colleges and universities in the Sunflower State. ..."

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Incumbents File for Office →

"Several incumbents of local offices have recently filed for re-election.

And Lansing Mayor Gene Kirby is seeking what would be his first full term as mayor.

Kirby became mayor in May 2014 following the death of Mayor Billy Blackwell. As president of the Lansing City Council, Kirby was next in line for the mayor's position."

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Would military veterans be eligible for KanCare expansion? →

Veterans don't have automatic access to health care. Our current Kansas legislators are blocking care for veterans.

"Military veterans and their families are among the Kansans who would benefit from expanding the KanCare program. According to credible research, about 7,400 veterans and their spouses would gain access to quality, affordable health care coverage — at little cost to the state — if our elected leaders choose to expand KanCare.

Veterans often do not have automatic and easy access to health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs, despite their service to our country. Nationally, nearly 2.3 million veterans and their family members lack health insurance. In Kansas, more than 21,000 are uninsured. They are less likely than veterans with insurance coverage to be able to afford a doctor visit and more likely to skip care due to cost. More than 40 percent report unmet medical needs and one third have at least one chronic health condition."

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