The state budget is always the biggest issue for the Kansas Legislature, even when the time and energy expended on matters such as coal plants and social issues suggest otherwise. But the budgetary challenges for the 2009 Legislature loom larger than usual. The many constituencies and special interests hoping for some special legislative attention and largesse next year might want to start working on Plan B.
T he search for a new Wichita city manager got serious Wednesday, as three of the five finalists -- Norton Bonaparte Jr., George Noe and Robert Layton -- participated in media interviews and public forums.
Tuesday's election results found most Kansans in a cautious mood, while voters nationally signaled they wanted no more of the same.
At long last the American electorate will decide today whether John McCain or Barack Obama will become the nation's 44th president, after a campaign that has set new records for dollars donated and spent, volunteers deployed, and early votes cast. Even in predictable Kansas, Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh foresees a record turnout of perhaps 1.36 million, or 78 percent of registered voters. What a contest this has been.
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