It’s becoming increasingly clear that conservative governors trying to push trickle-down tax cuts for the rich and austerity for everyone else will, eventually, face a political backlash. Once again, a bipartisan coalition of fed-up legislators has overridden their intransigent governor’s veto to keep their state from driving off the cliff. On Thursday, Illinois Republicans joined […]
Kansas
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Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the Trickle-Down Implosion
The Kansas governor’s attempt to create supply-side nirvana in Middle America not only failed to grow the economy—it created a crippling crisis of government that led to a statewide rejection of his politics.
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A Democrat Tries to Pull Off a Kansas Miracle
With Republican Representative Mike Pompeo gone to the CIA, Democrat James Thompson is hoping for the upset of all upsets in Tuesday’s special election in Wichita.
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By Blocking Medicaid, Brownback Shows There is No Limit to His Trickle-Down Folly
The Kansas governor—our Trickle Downer of the Week—vetoed Medicaid expansion legislation, capping his tenure with one more outburst of cruelty.
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First in the Nation: New Abortion Restrictions in Kansas
The ban of a common medical procedure is giving the state a dubious distinction.