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KRASKE’s Labor Day forecast: Yoder and Moore and Blunt and Carnahan…oh my!
Rack ‘em.
Labor Day marks the unofficial start of the fall campaign.
Never mind that some of them already are rolling. Here’s how the hottest Mo-Kan races look 58 days out. (Be forewarned, Democrats: Pro-GOP comments ahead).
Kevin Yoder vs. Stephene Moore, Kansas 3rd …
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BREAKFAST BUZZ for Sept. 4-7, 2010 compiled by Steve Kraske and Dave Helling
Surrogates continue appearances…Holland, Brownback to debate a week from Saturday, but smaller parties not invited…Cleaver speaks to NBC convention…Blunt pushes NRA endorsement, Carnahan goes for Labor…
Surrogation
The Labor Day weekend brings visitors. John Boehner is in Saturday morning for Kevin Yoder …
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Slay’s prediction: Earnings tax will pass in November, he’ll focus on spring vote
In fact, he’s conceding that the proposal to end the e-tax will pass statewide.
If it passes in November, voters in St. Louis and KC …
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Sebelius back for Moore fundraiser
Kansas Democrats welcome back former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius tonight when the Health and Human Services Secretary returns to Topeka to raise money for Democratic Congressional candidate Stephene Moore.
The evening fundraiser will be held at a private residence in Topeka, Moore’s campaign confirmed. Moore …
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Prop C group spends 17 cents per vote
Supporters of Proposition C, the Missouri health care reform measure on the August ballot, spent about 17 cents for every ‘yes’ vote, figures show.
The Missouri Secretary of State says 669,847 people voted for Prop C, a state law which now prohibits penalties for …
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OMG: The worst debate performance ever?
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Labor Daze in Kansas
TOPEKA | Nearly 180,000 Kansans collected unemployment benefits in 2009, according to a new report out today by the Kansas Department of Labor.
The annual report is issued the week before Labor Day and is accompanied by the State of Labor address by Secretary of …
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9/3-9/6 Labor Day weekend open thread
Unemployment at 9.6 percent. But that’s an improvement. So celebrate Labor Day if you have a job. Or if you do have a job and don’t have to work…
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Blog Watch: Friday, September 3
Peak oil and sustainability are hot topics in the blogosphere, a plan for ethics reform in Missouri and why disincorporation could be an option for Missouri cities.
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Biden to raise money for Carnahan
Now it’s Joe Biden’s turn.
Democrat Robin Carnahan, who’s taken endless flak for a KC fundraiser in July that featured President Obama, will attend another one — this time with the vice president.
A Carnahan aide confirmed the event, which he said would …
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BREAKFAST BUZZ for Friday, Sept. 3 compiled by Steve Kraske and Dave Helling
Yoder, Moore trade fundraising shots…Dems criticize Boehner/Hartzler link…Kansas Libertarian weighs in on Bush/Brownback…VFW takes on former Sen. Alan Simpson…Irish eyes are smiling
Yoder hits Sebelius/Moore funder; Moore criticizes outsourcing money before Labor Day
GOP candidate Kevin Yoder in …
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KS lawmakers discuss bolstering technical/career ed
TOPEKA | Too many students graduate from Kansas public schools without the skills and direction they need to begin a career, a state Senator told a legislative panel Thursday.
Sen. Steve Abrams, an Arkansas City Republican and former Kansas Board of Education Chairman, noted that less …
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Williams outspends Rizzo 2-1; Nutter provides $32,000
Thirty-days after the primary election finance reports are due today and rolling in…Crystal Williams spent about $63,000; her opponent, Henry Rizzo, about $29,500, for the legislature’s second district at-large seat.
James Nutter gave her $32,000, more than Rizzo’s spending …
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KC Chamber, unions, Civic Council hit Nixon on Prop A stance
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, several union leaders, and the chair of the Civic Council have written Gov. Jay Nixon urging him to publicly oppose Proposition A, the earnings tax ballot measure.
“We were very disappointed to learn that you have not taken …
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