State of Kansas Archives: on Technology

Laura Kelly: Established Kansas's Office of Broadband Development

We have to keep pushing on this issue. It needs to be a bi-partisan push. Because access to high speed internet will be a game changer for these communities.

Dave Lindstrom: Rural broadband must be a top priority

Dave Lindstrom: Revisit libel laws & media protections

Dave Lindstrom: Make critical infrastructure a priority

Greg Orman: $80M for roads to make Kansas the epicenter of distribution

His plan would commit the state to increases of $80 million a year for roads and bridges during the next four years. Under the plan, Orman said, the state could draw manufacturers to Kansas and increase net value of crops typically exported for processing. The incentive can be use of income taxes generated by growth in farm incomes to help pay debt related to investment in agricultural manufacturing, he said.

He recommended a 33% tax credit for companies investing in partnerships with community or technical colleges. He would start a loan fund for students who didn't qualify for federal student loans to receive career training.

Jeff Colyer: Help Wichita maintain its title of Air Capital of the World

I've been working with our state's largest private employer, Spirit Aerosystems, and in December they announced plans to invest more than $1 Billion dollars and hire more than 1000 Kansans. That's a $1 million-dollar investment for EVERY job. In talking with Spirit and other aviation leaders, we've come to learn the real challenge is filling these positions with qualified workers. These are great jobs. They will provide a great life and opportunities for many families.

The [proposed state] budget also helps Wichita maintain its title of Air Capital of the World, with its investments in the National Institute for Aviation Research and the National Center for Aviation Training. I support these investments and hope you'll join me in advocating for them as you work through the budget process.

Patrick Wiesner: Immediately start work on roads, bridges, and airports

WIESNER: The federal government is the only body big enough to provide a modern transportation infrastructure, set energy policy, and oversee environmental protection. We can immediately start work on roads, bridges, and airports with new revenue generated from fuel taxes and user fees. I will advocate regulations and tax policy that encourage US businesses to stay here and foreign companies to relocate here.

Jerry Moran: $383 million per year to help build highways and bridges

Kansas ranks fourth in the nation in total highway miles with over 134,500 miles of public roads and highways. In 2005, I helped pass legislation that would provide $383 million per year to Kansas to help build and maintain highways, roads, and bridges. This money will create and sustain thousands of jobs in Kansas while allowing the transport of our manufactured goods and agriculture commodities in a more timely and cost-effective system.

Kansans rely upon the safety and efficiency of our state's transportation system. I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to find the resources to meet the needs of Kansas.

Pat Roberts: Risk of identity theft higher with advanced tech

I also encourage Kansans to take advantage of a recent law that allows individuals to obtain a free copy of their credit report from each of the credit reporting agencies once a year. Free reports from each agency are available through a single source: http://www.annualcreditreport.com or call 1-877-322-8228.

Kathleen Sebelius: Restore funding for transportation and biosciences projects

Richard Nixon: Technology misused damages environment; but can restore it

Oh, I know the fashionable line among some: Wouldn't it be great to live in a country that didn't have all these problems of material progr Not at all. I've been to them. I've seen them. And I simply would like to say to you that great as our problems are as a result of our material progress, we can do things for ourselves and for others that need to be done, and we must see it i Look at our Nation. We're rich, and sometimes that is condemned because wealth can sometimes be used improperly.