Kansas City Politics infoZine http://www.infozine.com/news/topics/op/topicsView/tid/42/ The lastest infoZine Politics articles. en-us Copyright 2010 infoZine, All Rights Reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:53:07 -0500 Politics 360 Aasif Mandvi Speaks on Torture at Georgetown http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40286/Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:20 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40286/ By Ilana E. Strauss - Actor Aasif Mandvi, author Alice McDermott, several members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. practices at the Guantanamo Bay camp by reading public documents about what the speakers said was torture. Dole Institute to Host Top Scholars for Senate Conference http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40288/Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:10 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40288/ The Senate (1960) and its Members, Parties and Procedure, Policies, Nominations, and Looking to the Future Kansas Governor Calls on Legislative Leaders to Join in Solution http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40247/Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:36:40 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40247/ Governor Parkinson puts forth plan to fix $106 million budget gap Dalai Lama Receives Award for Efforts in Democracy http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40113/Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:49:30 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40113/ By Nikki Robert - In addition to meeting with President Barack Obama when he was in town, the Dalai Lama received an award for promoting democracy, and told a few self-deprecating jokes to an audience that included actor Richard Gere. Largest Hunger Study Ever Conducted Reveals an Eighth of Americans Suffer from Hunger http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40140/Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:01:44 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40140/ By Ilana E. Strauss - A new study that finds an eighth of Americans are suffering from hunger. Kansas and Washington Governors Call for Pentagon to Award Refueling Tanker to Boeing http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40098/Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:07:48 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40098/ Launch U.S. Tanker 2010 Coalition Kansas Governor Parkinson Signs First Bills of Legislative Session http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40048/Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:46:48 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40048/ State Board of Regents Sale to City of Hays, Concerning registers of deeds; pertaining to duties regarding plats, Chautauqua County sales tax authorization Billions to Subsidize Nuclear Energy http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40005/Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:13:42 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/40005/ "If the reactors go belly-up, taxpayers will be on the hook for many billions in loan repayment." Government Struggles to Do Business After D.C. Snowstorms http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/39949/Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:10:03 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/39949/ By Ilana E. Strauss - The Senate struggled to do business this week while the House and executive branch are closed after the capital’s record-setting snowstorms, but Thursday wasn’t a typical day. Dole Institute Announces Spring 2010 Fellows http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/39943/Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:08:49 -0500http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/39943/ The Dole Fellowship Program, which began in 2005, selects one or two individuals each semester who have hands-on experience and enthusiasm for public service.