Topic: Kansas

Difference Maker Tom Prichard pursues peace, education in South Sudan

American Tom Prichard founded Sudan Sunrise to promote religious harmony and build schools in the new nation of South Sudan.
12/27/2011 11:03 am

Opinion My 'Millennials' generation is busy reimagining a life of ethics

The Millennial Generation is less religious than either the boomers or even Gen-Xers were at our age. But don't be misled: Though we may go to church only on Christmas or celebrate Ramadan but skip the fasting, we are busily and earnestly engaged in reimagining the ethical life.
12/27/2011 10:05 am

Snowstorm US: blizzard heads north, but Southwest still digging out

Snowstorm watchers say the snowstorm that hit the southwestern US will lose some steam as it leaves the region, but travel is still difficult in Kansas and the Texas Panhandle.
12/20/2011 04:26 pm

Blizzard closes highways from New Mexico to Kansas

Blizzard conditions shut down parts of I-40 and I-70 in New Mexico, Kansas, and Texas. At least six traffic fatalities were blamed on the snowstorm and high winds.
12/20/2011 08:37 am

Snowstorm batters Southwest: Holiday travelers brace

Forecasters expect the Southwestern blizzard will start to lose its winter-weather characteristics as it heads east, but not before causing delays Monday in places like Dallas and Houston.
12/19/2011 04:28 pm

Despite Southwest blizzard, hope of white Christmas fades for much of US

After two snowy years where over half the country woke up to snow on Christmas, this yuletide is expected to be far less white for much of the US – even with a blizzard in the Southwest.
12/19/2011 01:20 pm

Southwest blizzard causing difficult driving conditions

Police say that crews are working on plowing, salting and cindering but that drivers need to use caution and slow down.
12/19/2011 10:14 am

Obama welcomes home troops from Iraq

In his Saturday radio address, President Obama said US troops returning from Iraq offer lessons about the nation's character. In their address, Republicans said troops are most concerned about finding a good job.
12/17/2011 11:09 am

Robert Reich What Obama must do if he gets a second term

Many are prepared to help Obama get reelected if he commits to fix the country's broken financial system
12/15/2011 03:00 pm

On the Economy How to restore the middle class

What policies do we need to push back inequality and make upward mobility possible again?
12/15/2011 12:00 pm

On the Economy How to make Obama's ecomomic ideas realities

President Obama's economy speech last week was a huge step in the right direction. Here are the concrete policies that can make his "we're in this together" agenda a reality.
12/12/2011 02:00 pm

Obama presses GOP on consumer watchdog delay

Republicans are blocking the appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Obama says he won't back down on his effort to protect middle-class Americans from deceptive business practices and prevent another financial meltdown. 
12/10/2011 10:52 am

Robert Reich Obama's most important economic speech

The President’s  Kansas speech was the most important economic speech of his presidency in terms of connecting the dots, laying out the reasons behind our economic and political crises, and asserting a willingness to take on the powerful and the privileged that have gamed the system to their advantage.
12/07/2011 02:00 pm

In Kansas, a combative Obama tries on his Teddy Roosevelt hat

In the Kansas town where Teddy Roosevelt called for a progressive 'New Nationalism,' Obama delivered a populist appeal fairness through taxes and regulation and an indictment of the GOP agenda as he sees it.
12/06/2011 07:15 pm

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange can continue extradition fight

At a hearing at London's High Court, senior judges John Thomas and Duncan Ouseley said Julian Assange would be allowed to apply to Britain's Supreme Court to argue that Europe's process of carrying out extradition was flawed.
12/05/2011 09:59 am

Free speech covers tweets: Gov. Sam Brownback apologizes to Kansas teen

Gov. Sam Brownback apologized for an overzealous staff.  A Kansas teen was told to apologize to Brownback after she issued a disparaging tweet. She now has more than 9,000 Twitter followers.
11/28/2011 05:13 pm

Kansas teen won't apologize for her tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback

A Kansas teen, Emma Sullivan, is now the center of a free speech debate after tweeting a criticism of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. 
11/28/2011 11:15 am

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War

Forgotten hero – or crazed fanatic? Journalist Tony Horwitz reexamines the story of John Brown and his raid on Harpers Ferry.
10/28/2011 12:52 pm

Saving US grasslands: a bid to turn back the clock on desertification

As grasslands diminish on prairies and savannas around the world, an innovative ranching technique that reverses the environmental damage of desertification makes its way to the US.
10/24/2011 12:21 pm

Ohio animal tragedy: Why do people own exotic pets?

Many exotic pet owners, like Terry Thompson in Zanesville, Ohio, are hobbyists, which means they don't often have the experience needed to tend to the needs of the animals.
10/20/2011 07:40 pm

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan: What would your sales tax be?

Herman Cain has vaulted into the top tier of GOP presidential candidates with his 9-9-9 tax plan, which would create a new 9 percent federal sales tax. But consumers would have to pay that sales tax on top of existing state and local sales taxes. Here are figures from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation that look at the total sales taxes in every state, adding up the state sales tax, a statewide average of the various local sales-tax rates, and the 9-9-9 federal sales tax.
10/16/2011 05:12 pm

Why Topeka, Kan., repealed its ban on domestic violence

The move was part of a successful bid to force the county district attorney to prosecute misdemeanor domestic-violence charges, which he wasn't doing because of budget cuts. For now, the crisis is averted, but the deeper budget problem for cities nationwide endures.
10/12/2011 07:52 pm

In Pictures Best signs of Occupy Wall Street protests

Supreme Court rejects appeal in gay couple's adoption case

The Supreme Court action Tuesday means Louisiana does not have to amend the birth certificate of a local boy adopted by an unmarried gay couple living in New York, to record them as his parents.
10/11/2011 01:00 pm

Green Economics Texas cattle ranchers adapt to climate change

Cattle farmers in Texas are moving their herds north, to greener pastures.
10/11/2011 11:00 am