Kansas budget fight tests Brownback credibility
Kansas faces a projected 300 million gap through June 2017. Gov. Sam Brownback's team proposes shifting 185 million from the highway fund and securitizing tobacco settlement proceeds to avoid deeper cuts, while critics warn protections for the Kansas Endowment for Youth and the Children's Initiative Fund could be weakened. Skeptics question whether promised protections for K-12 and pension funding can survive legislative action and future tax-cut strategies.
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Kansas Endowment For Youth
Children’s Initiative Fund
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Brownback
State Pension Fund
Kansans
Garden City readers weigh feral cats and birds future
Online comments respond to Garden City's Trap Neuter Release efforts with questions on wildlife persistence and cat population growth. A Finney County Historical Society coordinator quotes in a Pioneer families feature about honoring local heritage at the FCHS annual meeting.
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Johnetta Hebrlee
Finney County Historical Society
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Endorse Bernie to unify the Democratic Party
Dick Polman argues Bernie Sanders should draft a Hillary Clinton endorsement to aid party unity after a New York primary loss. He cites exit polls showing Clinton leads and Sanders' weak gains among non younger voters, urging focus on Trump threat and calling for restraint from Weaver and harsh rhetoric.
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Idaho
Pennsylvania
Colorado
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Maine
Poughkeepsie crime bill impact and debate in 1990s
A Poughkeepsie journalist reflects on the 1994 federal crime bill, its influence on policing and incarceration, and the mixed political reception. The piece notes increased police funding, truth in sentencing, and the Violence Against Women Act, while acknowledging ongoing national debate over rising imprisonment. Julie Doll, a Kansas native and former journalist, closes the reflection.
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Poughkeepsie Journal
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Washington
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Atlantic
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New York University School of Law
Bill Scher
Congress
Bill Clinton
Kansas
Pat Roberts
Bob Dole
Nancy Kassebaum
Jan Meyers
Dan Glickman
Jim Slattery
Garden City
Julie Doll
California
Indiana
New York
Beyond Flint Race Frame Affects Poor White Voices
An analysis argues race alone does not explain Flint water crisis framing. It contends white Americans share poverty-induced vulnerability and moral distance, noting similar neglect in Katrina. The piece cites Flint's 87 percent white population and questions the primacy of race in judging public neglect and policy.
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