Osawatomie Floods. Worse Since 1951
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070702/D8Q4COEG0.html
The Kansas National Guard was sent to help with a mandatory evacuation of Osawatomie, a small town in eastern Kansas and one of the hardest-hit communities in the region.

Sebelius wants another bureaucracy
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/175602.html
Kathleen Sebelius wants the state to appoint a “chief gaming officer” to help oversee the expansion of gambling.

Federal Reservoirs in Kansas are decaying
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/173431.html
Federal reservoirs in eastern Kansas, where the majority of the state’s population lives, are causing problems. More than 60 percent of Kansans get their water from these reservoirs, many of which were built in the 1960s with a design life of 50 to 100 years.

“Meth” Children Growing in Missouri
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/172389.html
The problem of “meth lab children” is a national one, but statistics indicate that nowhere is it worse than in Missouri, where authorities in the coming weeks will be marshaling forces to address it. The concern is that children who live in houses where methamphetamine is cooked are exposed to battery acid, drain cleaner and other toxic — sometimes explosive — ingredients used to make the cheap, highly addictive street drug.

Senator Roberts Stands for “Rule of the Law
http://www.kansasra.org/blog/archives/37
Kansas Republican Assembly President Helen Van Etten today thanked Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) for his vote against invoking cloture on the motion to reconsider the immigration overhaul legislation that had failed the Senate only days before.

Coffeyville Flooded
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070703/D8Q565180.html
The flood engulfing homes to the rooftops carried an extra curse Tuesday as a slick of 42,000 gallons of thick crude oil floated downstream with the mud and debris, coating everything it touched with a slimy, smelly layer of goo.

Liberal Republican to step down
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/174773.html
Rep. Stephanie Sharp, a Lenexa Republican, announced Monday she will resign from the Legislature in January. A known “Republican for Moore” member has sights on filling the position.

Lawrence High teacher convicted of sex offenses
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/174946.html
Meredith Kane, 24, who was in her first year of teaching, was arrested March 16 for having sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy. Kane could face 55 months to 247 months in prison.

Congress should say no to another cigarette tax
http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/issues/alert/?alertid=9966266&PROCESS=Take+Action
Some members of Congress want to pass a huge cigarette tax hike to fund the expansion of a government-run health insurance program for children (State Children’s Health Insurance Plan) who are not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid. Whatever the merits of this program, its expansion should not be financed by hiking regressive cigarette taxes. Kansas Senator Pat Roberts voted against an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget that would hike the federal tobacco tax by 61 cents. Thank Senator Roberts for his stand and urge him to continue to oppose an ill-conceived hike in the federal tobacco tax hike.