Voters Should See Through Harsh Local Election Ads
The piece warns about negative political advertising in Kansas local elections. It cites 2012 and 2016 examples from state races, argues such tactics distort choice, and urges voters to favor candidates who present issues clearly over those who attack opponents. It notes the ads reveal the true colors of those relying on smear tactics.
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Leonard Hitz
Statehouse
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Americans For Prosperity
Koch
GOP
Brownback and Company
Russ Jennings
Lakin
Topeka
Elephants and regulation in Kansas health care debate
Online comments react to a Garden City story about the Lee Richardson Zoo elephants Missy and Kimba and to a separate Kansas fight over federal rules. The Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt asks a federal appeals court to reject new U S Department of Labor home health care regulations, arguing lack of congressional authority.
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Gctelegram.com
Garden City Commission
Lee Richardson Zoo
Missy
Kimba
Congress
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
Today
U.S. Department of Labor
Letters to the Telegram Editor Guidelines
The Telegram publishes letters signed with writer’s address and phone number for verification. Letters must be 500 words or less and may be edited for libel and length. Thank you notes and form letters are not printed. send to Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas or email editor telegram on Online.
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Peace and the Clinton Library Inspire Hope for Peace
A column recalls a Spring Break visit to the Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas where a display on the Good Friday Accords shows how American leadership once fostered peace in the Middle East. The author links memories of war and 9/11 to a desire for peacetime for his sons and calls for renewed diplomacy.
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Hlies
United States of America
Iran
Arkansas
William J. Clinton
Clinton Library
White House
Clinton
Bono
Northern Ireland
Buddy
Middle East
Irish Republican Army
United Kingdom
Ayatollah Khomeini
Benjamin Netanyahu
Tran
Congress
Drinking wine as family ritual and parental influence
columnist Kathleen Parker reflects on giving up alcohol, wine as culture, and parenting. She shares anecdotes about children learning from parental drinking, notes a MADD study on talking to kids about alcohol, and urges consistent parenting, not one day of awareness.
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Mom
Amy Joyce
Washington Post
MADD
Debt crisis hits families across the Northwest and beyond
A broad critique of household debt details real lives in Washington Oregon and Idaho. Toni Potter Andrea Anderson Linda Mack and others illustrate how medical bills student loans payday lending and predatory practices trap households. The piece calls for federal action caps on interest and relief pathways with the Alliance for a Just Society hosting Up from Debt to pressure for reforms.
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Toni Potter
Washington
Andrea Anderson
Oregon
Linda Mack
Idaho
Barack Obama
Department of Education
United States
Alliance For A Just Society
Seattle
New York
Obama
White House
Alliance for a Just Society names LeeAnn Hall executive director
LeeAnn Hall is named executive director of the Alliance for a Just Society, a national policy and organizing network focusing on racial health and economic justice. The statement is distributed by OtherWords.
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LeeAnn Hall
Alliance For A Just Society
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