April 28, 2010 By the narrowest of margins, the Kansas Senate declined to advance the Community Defense Act, which would apply statewide regulation to sexually oriented business. The vote was 20-20 when 21 were needed. The Community Defense Act would protect Kansas communities by mandating midnight closings for sexually oriented businesses and not allowing them …
April 28, 2010 The President indicated that Congress may not be ready to act on yet another controversial question after the enormous amount of time, energy, and political capital spent on the health care legislation.
April 26, 2010 Arizona has passed the nation’s strictest immigration law, which instructs police officers to determine the immigration status of individuals suspected of being in the country illegally.
April 20, 2010 On April 28, the Kansas Legislature will return to work in order to wrap up the 2010 legislative session. Balancing the state’s budget will be the primary focus of what is called the “veto-session,” which is scheduled to last roughly two weeks. The Kansas Catholic Conference has sent a letter to every …
Catholic Conference Urges Legislators to Protect Services for the Most Vulnerable Read More »
April 19, 2010 The Senate Ways and Means Committee and the House Appropriations Committee will meet this week to attempt to put together a budget at a time when the state is facing a record funding shortfall. While various solutions are being considered, the Kansas Catholic Conference continues to urge legislators to give special priority …
House & Senate Appropriators Begin Final Push for a State Budget Read More »
March 30, 2010 The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released an analysis of the executive order negotiated by Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak. There is virtual unanimity within the Pro-Life community that the executive order will not be able to overrule the provisions on the new health care law that open the door to …
Bishops Conference Releases Analysis of Executive Order’s Inadequacies Read More »
March 29, 2010 Bishop Gilmore’s column from early February offers an eloquent and impassioned appraisal of what the health care reform bill that has now been passed by Congress and signed by the President means for our country.
March 24, 2010 A federal program that gives low-income, mostly minority children a chance to attend private schools has been effectively killed by Congress. The wildly popular and successful DC Opportunity Scholarship Program gives kids trapped in some of the nation’s worst schools the opportunity to receive a good education in a safe environment. However, …
Congress, President End Milestone School Choice Initiative Read More »
March 24, 2010 The Kansas House passed legislation today regulating sexually oriented businesses: “adult” bookstores, video stores, arcades, nightclubs, theaters, etc. Currently, small towns in Kansas are left to fend for themselves when a sexually oriented business decides to move in and set up shop wherever and however they like. If these towns attempt to …
Bill Regulating Sexually Oriented Businesses Moves Forward Read More »
March 22, 2010 For months Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak had led a group of Pro-Life Democrats who declined to support the health care reform bill unless it contained language applying existing protections against federal funding of abortion to the bill. Unfortunately, Congressman Stupak and his remaining holdouts negotiated a deal with the White House. Under …
