<table> </table> <strong><span class="infobox-head">Gov. Kathleen Sebelius: UP</span></strong><br /> (But the coal fight isn&#8217;t over.)</p><p>Lawmakers largely ignored her calls for a smoking ban and broad health-care reform, but her idea to invest in early childhood education caught on. She delivered the national Democrats&#8217; response to the State of the Union address, and has prevailed &#8212; so far, anyway &#8212; in her quest to derail two coal-fired power plants in western Kansas. That stance undoubtedly hurt her popularity west of Salina but made her the darling of environmental groups.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">Business: UP</span></strong><br /> The big winner of the session. The state will provide up to $33 million in revenue bonds for Cessna to build its new business jet in Kansas. Lawmakers allowed companies with expansion plans to get a state income tax windfall totaling $87 million. Business also avoided stiff penalties for hiring illegal immigrants.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">House Speaker Melvin Neufeld: DOWN</span></strong><br /> Neufeld&#8217;s single-minded focus on authorizing the power plants upset many lawmakers who said it came at the expense of other issues. He couldn&#8217;t pass the immigration bill his chamber wanted, and despite all the attention he gave to coal, he didn&#8217;t get the necessary votes in his own chamber. Some Capitol-watchers speculate about a challenge to his speakership next year.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">Western Kansas: DOWN</span></strong><br /> Wichita got its Cessna bill. Efforts to lure a federal biodefense lab to Manhattan got bolstered. Eastern Kansas got its usual share of goodies. But legislative leaders couldn&#8217;t deliver western Kansas&#8217; biggest objective &#8212; two coal-fired power plants.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">Overland Park: UP</span></strong><br /> Rural Johnson County residents were hoping that House Majority Leader Ray Merrick could push through a bill making it almost impossible for the city to annex them. He failed, and Overland Park got 60 percent of the land it wanted.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">Typical taxpayer: SIDEWAYS</span></strong><br /> No tax breaks for most of us, but some property tax relief will go to the poorest of older homeowners.</p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">Sen. David Wysong: UP</span></strong><br /> The Mission Hills Republican won a battle to slash spending in the session&#8217;s last budget bill and championed a (so far unsuccessful) statewide smoking ban.