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Limited constitutional government and balanced budgets. >> joining me now, kari ann rinker, state coordinator with national organization for women in kansas. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank you so much for having me. >> could you just walk me through the strategy on what's going on in the city council on this vote? >> well, from what i hear, they feel that if they revoke the city ordinance that is for domestic violence that it will force the hand of the county d.a., that it will require him under the state statute to enforce domestic violence within the city once again. but the troubli...

89 days ago the senate took its first important step toward tax justice. on a sense of the senate resolution, sense of the senate resolutions are not law. most of them are not controversial. a lot of them pass unanimously. many of them just sound like hallmark greeting cards and legislative language. like this one from january 11th. it is the sense of the senate that the people of the united states should observe and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the admittance of the state of kansas to the united states as the 34th state. typical sense of the senate resolution. but the sense of the senat...

The fiscal crisis that has hit federal, state and local government is now having a shocking impact on life in america. we are seeing not just fewer police officers on patrol in this country and teacher/student ratios getting out of hand as we lay off teachers, but we're losing our ability to sustain some of the basic elements of a civilized society. witness topeka, kansas. tomorrow evening the city council in topeka will decide whether to repeal an ordinance outlawing domestic battery. it is in response to a decision by the district attorney of shawnee county, chad taylor, faced with a 10% cut...

The fiscal crisis that has hit federal, state and local government is now having a shocking impact on life in america. we are seeing not just fewer police officers on patrol in this country and teacher/student ratios getting out of hand as we lay off teachers, but we're losing our ability to sustain some of the basic elements of a civilized society. witness topeka, kansas. tomorrow evening the city council in topeka will decide whether to repeal an ordinance outlawing domestic battery. it is in response to a decision by the district attorney of shawnee county, chad taylor, faced with a 10% cut...

>> it's a message of limited, limited constitutional government and balanced budgets. >> joining me now, carrie ann rinker, state coordinator with national organization for women in kansas. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank you so much for having me. >> could you just walk me through the strategy on what's going on in the city council on this vote? >> well, from what i hear, they feel that if they revoke the city ordinance that is for domestic violence that it will force the hand of the county d.a., that it will require him under the state statute to enforce domestic violence within the ...