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18 Jan 2012, 9:00 pm
In his State of the State address, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (R) outlined a major income tax overhaul: I'm proposing a major step in overhauling our state tax code to make it fairer, flatter, and simpler. [read post]
30 Jan 2007, 1:11 am
Sam Brownback (R-KA) yesterday reintroduced into Congress the Public Expressions of Religion Act that would ban plaintiffs from recovering attorneys' fees in civil rights suits against local governments when the successfully challenge public displays of religion and faith. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 12:03 pm by KH
On January 21, 2011, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed Executive Order 11-01 to establish the Office of the Repealer in the Kansas Department of Administration. [read post]
2 Jan 2007, 5:07 am
Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), one of Congress' conservative culture warriors, opposes one of President Bush's judicial nominees because she dared to attend a same-sex commitment ceremony in 2002. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Sam Brownback issued executive orders narrowing employment discrimination protections for state employees. [read post]
5 May 2008, 1:38 pm
Sam Brownback (R-KS) claims that U.S. hotel chains in China are being pressed to install filtering software to control what material guests access on-line. [read post]
27 May 2012, 11:49 am by Jaimie Cremeans
[JURIST] Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [official website] on Friday signed a bill [HB 2087, PDF] into law that prohibits state courts, tribunals and agencies from basing any decisions "in whole or in part" on foreign or religious law. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 12:20 pm by Sandhya Bathija
Sam Brownback’s first day in office, he has made it clear that he no problems blurring the church-state line. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 11:57 am by Jacqueline Jones
[JURIST] Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [official website] on Tuesday rescinded [press release] a number of executive orders by the former governor, including one that protected lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) state employees from unfair hiring practices, sexual harassment and other types of discrimination at work. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 9:05 am
The five, including Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sam Brownback of Kansas, have asked for more hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee moves ahead with the Patent Reform Act, which is scheduled to be amended and approved in a hearing.Read the article: InfoWorld [read post]
15 May 2012, 12:15 pm by Jaclyn Belczyk
[JURIST] Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [official website] has signed a bill [SB 62 materials] allowing pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs that they "reasonably believe" might result in the termination of a pregnancy, his office announced [press release] Monday. [read post]
2 Nov 2014, 11:26 am by Paul Caron
Sam Brownback, a Republican who has driven down his state’s credit rating and cratered its... [read post]
8 Feb 2007, 9:41 am
The Fox, Time, CNN, ABC/Washington Post, Gallup and Zogby polls all say the exact same thing: these two, both famous for not exactly cuddling up to the evangelical base, are leagues ahead of the likes of Sam Brownback and Mitt Romney in the minds of Republican voters. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 9:51 am
[JURIST] Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (R) [official website] on Tuesday announced the signing of two pieces of legislation restricting abortions [JURIST news archive] in the state. [read post]
24 Nov 2006, 7:07 pm
This Week (ABC): King Abdullah II of Jordan and then Dick Durbin and Sam Brownback. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 4:06 am
"Righteous rage, impotent fury: Thomas Frank returns to Kansas to hunt the last days of Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 11:44 am by Doug
Ted Kaufman, a Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sam Brownback, a Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, will co-chair the Senate Global Internet Freedom Caucus, a Kaufman aide said. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 2:30 pm by Justin Cosgrove
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [official website] signed [press release] a bill (HB 2665) [text, PDF] on Thursday enacting a new funding formula for schools. [read post]