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| 2007 Schedule |
| Jan 8: Opening Day |
| Jan 22: Deadline for individual legislator bill requests |
| Feb 1: Deadline for most committee bill draft requests |
| Feb 7: Deadline for introduction of individual's bill drafts |
| Feb 9: Deadline for introduction of committee bill drafts |
| Feb 24: Turnaround day, nonexempt bills must clear their house of origin |
| March 24: Deadline for consideration of opposite house |
| April 6: All bills must have been considered. |
| April 25: Veto session opens. |
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| Kansas City needs a better transportation plan |
| The much ridiculed attempt by Clay Chastain to promote a light rail system for Kansas City is back in the news. Although city voters approved Chastain's latest scheme, it is doubtful, however, that it will ever be built. It makes no economic sense and do... |
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| The Sound of Silence |
| Lack of hearing ,whether acquired at birth or later in life is a very serious problem for those suffering from it. For children it is not without danger.The scenario of a deaf child unable to hear an approaching threat is bone chilling. lt also poses grea... |
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| The DMV and its atrocious service |
| If you meet the citizenship and residence requirements for concealed firearm carriage you may proceed with a rather slow and laborious process to apply. You fill in the necessary forms, pay $140 to the sheriff get fingerprinted and photographed, pay anoth... |
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| Meeting George W. |
| The office of the U S Presidency is awe inspiring, regardless of its occupant.
Given the laborious process we use to select the chief executive, the primaries, the contest of opinion, the detailed scrutiny of every uttered word or expressed idea and the ... |
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| Olathe Medical Center |
| Monday June 6th, Zachary Kiegerl, age 11, set his alarm clock for 4 a.m. so he could
meet his Opa at the Olathe Lung & Heart Center where Opa was scheduled for open heart surgery. Zachary had prepared a card which brought tears to the old man's eyes. "... |
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| Class-action lawsuits a threat to America |
| "Schadenfreude" is an ugly German composite noun which combines the terms for misfortune and joy. It refers to the vicarious pleasure people feel when someone else runs into bad luck. This is not a charitable emotion and strong characters will resist it... |
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| Straight talk from Mike Kiegerl: The Need for Medicaid Reform |
| Next to education Medicaid is the largest single expense in the Kansas budget. Those two items make up 80% of total state spending. Cost have been rising at double-digit rates during the past few years while fraud and abuse take an alarming share of every... |
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| Straight talk from Mike Kiegerl: State Ethics Commissions |
| The Watergate scandal in the early 1970's was impetus for the passage of ethics laws at all levels of government. State governments, in particular, began to create an ethics infrastructure that included stronger laws, training courses in ethics, and over... |
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| Straight talk from Mike Kiegerl : On Immigration |
| As a legal immigrant who left war-ravaged Europe for a better life in this country I can appreciate why so many are attempting to come to look for the same opportunities. When they do so legally, that is to say with proper visas, background checks, health... |
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