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3 weeks ago | 
krsl.com | Mike McKenna |Bryan Richardson |Matt Resnick
A Topeka-based online publication has released its inaugural Power 50 Report, listing the most influential Kansans who hold the power to shape the landscape of Kansas now and in the future. Among the 50 in the report written by Hawver's Capital Report/State Affairs is 109th Representative Troy Waymaster from Bunker Hill. The report said "With a shift in the budget development process, Rep. Waymaster's role as the House Appropriations Committee chair has become even more pivotal.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
stateaffairs.com | Brett Stover |Matt Resnick |Bryan Richardson
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the tax cut package Wednesday, setting up an override attempt when the Legislature returns. Kelly said the bill was unsustainable and that Kansas “must be mindful of the fiscal mistakes of the previous administration” when providing tax relief.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Harold Hutchison |Mary Lou Masters |Robert Schmad |Bryan Richardson
An effort to recall a George Soros-funded California district attorney has received enough signatures to advance, according to a county document.
Organizers seeking to oust Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price have collected 74,757 verified signatures in support of their effort to hold a recall election, over 1,000 more than needed, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters announced Monday.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Harold Hutchison |Kate Anderson |Mary Lou Masters |Bryan Richardson
Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake of Arizona brought in $4.1 million in the first fundraising quarter of 2024, her campaign announced on Sunday.
Lake’s haul is roughly twice as much as she raised in 2023’s last fundraising quarter, and she now has $2.5 million in cash on hand, according to her campaign. The Republican’s opponent, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, announced on April 2 that his campaign topped $7.5 million in the first fundraising quarter with more than $9.6 million in the bank.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Nick Pope |Sterling Mosley |Bryan Richardson
The Department of Justice (DOJ) published a new federal regulation Wednesday that will expand the regime of federal firearms background checks to cover guns purchased online, at gun shows and in informal markets.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Kate Anderson |Harold Hutchison |Mary Lou Masters |Bryan Richardson
Three crucial battleground states have experienced a drop in Democratic voter registration since late 2020 and ahead of a November rematch with former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, election data shows.
Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — which saw some of the closest presidential elections last cycle — all currently have less registered Democratic voters overall than in late 2020, according to the most recent state records.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Nick Pope |Bryan Richardson |Mary Lou Masters
A judge expanded a gag order against former President Donald Trump in his New York criminal trial on Monday after Trump had criticized the judge and his daughter in a series of social media posts.
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was indicted by Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg of New York County on charges related to the alleged falsification of business records to conceal an alleged “hush money” payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Nick Pope |Bryan Richardson |Kate Anderson
A new recall petition to remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California from office was approved on Tuesday by the state’s Secretary of State for signature collection.
Newsom previously faced and defeated a recall campaign in 2021. Rescue California organized the latest petition to recall Newsom, citing the state’s public finances and policies regarding illegal immigrants, public safety, taxes, the COVID-19 pandemic and homelessness.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Mary Lou Masters |Nick Pope |Harold Hutchison |Bryan Richardson
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio blasted Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown over “frightening” comments she made during Monday’s oral arguments in a landmark censorship case.
Justices heard arguments in a case brought by Republican Attorneys General Liz Murrill of Louisiana and Andrew Bailey of Missouri alleging the Biden administration pushed for social media companies to censor certain viewpoints on the origin of COVID-19, election integrity and other issues.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
dcenquirer.com | Bryan Richardson |Robert Schmad |Harold Hutchison
Conservatives are already pushing back against an as-yet unannounced plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and its border enforcement efforts, at current levels with a continuing resolution through the end of fiscal year 2024.
Republican leadership is considering putting forth a continuing resolution (CR) for the agency that wouldn’t include spending cuts or new policy proposals, several sources familiar told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday.
