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By Senator Will Kraus Ever since I entered the State Legislature in 2005, I have steadfastly supported our public education system, the teachers, and administrators who work long, hard hours to educate our children. As many of you already know, I have a long legacy of public school educators in my family and in my [...]
Heroes Day Fun Run/Walk Saturday May 18 Event: Heroes Day in Buckner, Missouri featuring the Heroes Coming Home Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 8:45am to 3:00pm (rain or shine). Location: Heisler-Burns Park, 305 Park Avenue, Veterans Drive, Buckner, Missouri Media/Photo Opportunity: A 9:00 am Presentation of the Colors by Young Marines Color [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012 – State Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee’s Summit, will meet with local elected leaders in an effort to find issues each community would like to see addressed during the 2013 session in the General Assembly. In the past, Sen. Kraus has invited elected officials to his office, but this year he [...]
LEE’S SUMMIT, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 – In this day and age of YouTube and smart phones with video capability politicians truly have it tough. Governor Jay Nixon speaking to a crowd had this to say about the Missouri Assembly: OK, that was cute! I hate to think of Senators and Congressman at the Missouri Assembly [...]
LEE’S SUMMIT, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 - Congressman Emanuel Cleaver cosponsors H.R. 6211, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 which proposes increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.80 per hour. This is an increase of thirty five percent (35%) with no increase in efficiency. It is this type of economic ignorance that is dangerous. [...]
LEE’S SUMMIT, AUGUST 16, 2012 – I do not find it surprising that 51% of the people polled by Rasmussen between August 8th and 9th expect most reporters to help Obama. What the poll is saying is that people expect bias in the news. MSNBC is the far left news organization, FOX is part of [...]
LEE’S SUMMIT, AUGUST 13, 2012– On Tuesday of this week (August 14, 2012) Senator Roy Blunt will be in Lee’s Summit with all the candidates we in Missouri elected last Tuesday to represent us in the November 6th Elections. Location and Time: Tuesday August 14, 2012 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Jackson County Republican Headquarters [...]
LEE’S SUMMIT, AUGUST 8, 2012 – Tonight, with all 413 precincts reporting Jacob Turk (24,743 votes) wins the Primary by a landslide margin in a four way race that pitted him against a very credible conservative candidate in Jerry Nolte (10,730 votes), Jason Greene (5,061 votes) in his first political race, and Ron Paul Shawd [...]
LEE’S SUMMIT, AUGUST 7, 2012 – Earlier this morning Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s press release from Jefferson City predicted that we’d see about 25%of registered voters turn out for the Primaries (or nearly 1,000,000 votes). This afternoon we’re finding that it is closer to 15% in Jackson County and less than 20% statewide. [...]
Lee’s Summit, August 6, 2012 – On this, the eve of the Missouri primary election there are only a few more hours to make up our minds and to go to the local precinct’s voting place (JCEB has all the locations, click here) and cast our ballot for the people who will make a difference [...]