Our View Questions Western Kansas SRS office closures
The editorial questions Janet Schalansky's plan to shutter nearly all western Kansas social services offices. It notes eight western counties remain served by offices while eastern Kansas retains thirty three, urging lawmakers to press for accessible service and avoid second class treatment, with emphasis on telephones and online applications.
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Janet Schalansky
Kansas
Schalansky
SRS
Topeka
West Virginia
Kansas Legislature Sees Quiet, Quirky Budget War
Harris News Service columnist Burdett Loomis, a KU political science professor, analyzes Kansas legislative session marked by passive aggressive budget tactics, party rifts, and stalled reforms as lawmakers, press, and lobbyists await the governor’s fate amid votes on abortion, education funding, and Sunday sales.
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Kansas
Western Kansas
Eastern Kansas University
Topeka Follies
Sebelius
Senate
Rodney Dangerfield
Harris News Service
Burdett Loomis
bloomis @ku
University of Kansas
Telegram welcomes reader feedback and contact details
The Telegram invites reader input by email at editor gctelegram dot com and by mail to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846. Local readers can reach via phone and fax numbers listed for feedback and correspondence.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City, KS
Voices harden as press briefings spark debate on bias
A prolonged critique argues American journalists push anti US propaganda, citing selective quoting and emphasis on Saddam enforcers while downplaying Iraqi mine threats and Shiite uprisings. It calls for steadier reporting and accountability amid conflict coverage.
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Webster
Pri.es
Saddam
United States
Basra
U.N
Rumsfeld
North Korea
bin Laden
K. von Schriltz Healy
Community thanks Garden City for Cardiac Arrest success
Citizens support the Cardiac Arrest event raising 6500 for the American Heart Association. Since 1949 the AHA has funded about 1.7 billion dollars in cardiovascular research. The note thanks volunteers, urges blood donation, and promotes the Together We Prepare pledge with five steps.
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Ken Killion
Parole Board
Julie Allred
Charlene Berges
Ken Broxterman
Terry Cash
Tresia Crawford
Kaye Cronin
Kathy Diehl
Miguel Galindo
Leona Meadors
Jada Powell
Kathy Sumner
Paula Thufault
Tammy Watkins
Kevin Bascue
Rose Green
Lee Richardson Zoo
Finnup Center
Burger King
Chad Rohr
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Jack Myers
Pepsi-Cola
Mary Guy
Raindrop Water
Garden City Telegram
Garden City
American Heart Association
Garden City Area
Central Plains
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Lawmakers bend rules with Oz road name in Kansas bill
During a late session meeting, House Transportation Chair Gary Hayzlett explained a county road bill was used as a vehicle to rename Kansas Highway 99 as The Road to Oz and U S Highway 54 as The Yellow Brick Road while Liberal would be The Land of Oz. The House approved the altered bill with private donations funding the new designation signs.
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House
Gary Hayzlett
R Lakin
Senate
Hayzlett
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