Open meetings and records laws urged for Kansas officials
An editorial urges Kansans to understand KOMA and KORA and criticizes private consensus by officials. It highlights training offered by the Kansas Sunshine Coalition and the Attorney General to improve open government awareness. It notes transparency serves all citizens, not just the media.
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Kansas
GCCC
Kansas Sunshine Coalition For
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Gray County
Cimarron
State budget debate spurs calls to act and cut red ink
Online reader comments urge a tax reset and fiscal reform in Topeka amid budget battles. Garden City Community College Board chair Jeff Crist cites extensive private discussions as trustees back a controversial measure eroding due process for instructors in Kansas.
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Brownback
Topeka
Gctelegram.com
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
Jeff Crist
Kansas
Telegram accepts signed letters to editor address and contact
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number. Letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Limit is 500 words. General thank you notes may be printed. form letters, poems, consumer complaints or business testimonials will not.
Globalization as the looming election challenge and plan
Kathleen Parker discusses how globalization shapes political action and voter sentiment. She cites Van Wishard’s view that only military and Silicon Valley authority may govern, warns of dehumanizing tech trends, and urges a candidate to address global integration honestly. The piece ends urging a hopeful, forward looking leadership.
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Washington
Washington Post
van Wishard
Wishard
Military
Silicon Valley
Trump
Globalization
Kansans urged to vote pro establishment in 2016
Michael A. Smith argues Kansas faces an anti establishment wave with judges teachers and legislators targeted. He urges voters to back competent governance over ideological experiments and notes efforts to impeach or replace supreme court justices while criticizing political extremes.
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Bernie Sanders
Donald Trump
Ted Cruz
Kansas
Congress
Trump
Cruz
Barack Obama
Sanders
Iron Triangle
Supreme Court
Citizens United
Sam Brownback
Senate
Kansas Supreme Court
Trump fuels white supremacy concerns in 2016 bid
Analysis notes Trump's rhetoric fuels anger over jobs and politics while energizing white nationalist groups. Endorsements from figures like David Duke and coverage by The Daily Stormer are cited as troubling signs. Critics warn of erosion of constitutional rights and threats to journalists, Muslims, and protesters amid a polarized campaign landscape.
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Donald Trump
Trump
Richard Cohen
Southern Poverty Law Center
The
Daily Stormer
KKK
David Duke
Iowa
New Hampshire
Vermont
Minnesota
Duke
America
Matthew Heimbach
Washington Post
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Michael A. Smith
Emporia State University
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Peter Montgomery
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