Open interviews for Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
Kansas opens its interviews with nine nominating commissioners to public view for Court of Appeals and Supreme Court candidates. The move boosts transparency and public trust while not satisfying all reform critics. Potential changes may come with the Brownback era and a conservative legislative majority.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court Nominating Commission
Kansas
Kansans
Fred Hall
Supreme Court
Commission
Derek Schmidt
Senate
Sam Brownback
Justice
Quotes Comment on Resource Use and Military Deployment
Online readers react to a Kansas story about Sunflower Electric Power expanding in Holcomb. The comments discuss grain exports and water use for water rights, while Libby Lewis notes her fiancé Joshua Wilson will be deployed to Afghanistan in mid January.
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Gctelegram.com
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Libby Lewis
Joshua Wilson
Afghanistan
Letters Policy Notice in Garden City KS
Policy on letters to the editor appears in a Garden City publication. It directs readers to address form letters or complaints to Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846, outlining submission instructions and contact details.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
Kansas 2011 watch list faces budget and redistricting
Chapman Rockaway of Fort Hays State outlines seven key issues for the 2011 session with a Republican governor and majorities. Budget cuts or tax shifts, K-12 funding reform, economic growth plans, higher education funding, Medicaid and health care savings, balance within the party, and redistricting dominate the agenda as eastern growth and western representation shift.
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Ansas
Brownback
Montoy
Wichita State
School of Medicine
Tim Schallenburger
Kansas
Senate
House
2010 A Year of Heat Quakes Spills and Resilience
The World Meteorological Organization cites 2010 as among the hottest years on record. Haiti and Chile suffered devastating earthquakes with massive death tolls and displacement. The Gulf oil spill sparked lawsuits against BP and others. Immigration politics surged amid SB 1070 and DREAM Act stalemate. Latin America elected five presidents, while Colombia and Venezuela faced floods. Mexico marked its bicentennial amid a brutal drug war. Yet the year offered moments of hope, including the Chilean miners' 69 day rescue and the South Africa World Cup victory celebrations.
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World Meteorological Organization
Haiti
Chile
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Arizona
House of Representatives
Senate
Nevada
Colorado
California
Honduras
Uruguay
Colombia
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Mexico
South Africa
Shakira
Poisonous Celebrity Culture Reflects on Fame and Shame
Column criticizes a culture of self promotion in Hollywood and Wall Street, citing Mark Madoff and Enron figures. It contrasts public forgiveness with private guilt, notes Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian’s fame machines, and argues for discerning scrutiny of wealth, power, and media. The piece closes with a nod to constitutional paranoia about power abuses.
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Mark Madoff
Bernie
Bernie Madoff
Paris Hilton
Hilton
Madoff
Kim
Kardashian
Sarah Palin
Palin
Enron
Cliff Baxter
Baxter
Wall Street
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Hollywood
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