Brownback’s 2011 Kansas agenda faces $500 million shortfall
The 2010 GOP victory leaves Democrats minor in the Legislature but Brownback enters office with a $500 million revenue gap. He plans education cuts to fund economic development, risking long term workforce quality and state vitality. He aims to protect key programs like KU Medical Center, KSU veterinary medicine, and WSU aviation while resisting tax increases.
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Ansans
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Brownback
KU Medical Center
Pharmacy
Kansas State
Veterinary Medicine School
Wichita State
Aviation Institute
Mark Parkinson
Parkinson
Local praise and quotes on transit and politics in Garden City
A Garden City community comment highlights volunteer coach Faustino Ventura and his recognition for hard work. Bonnie Burgarat discusses rising bus usage by students for school and after school jobs, with some riders from parochial schools and within bus limits. House Speaker Mike O Neal expresses optimism that taxes will not be raised despite election results impacting moderate Republicans.
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Faustino
Gctelegram. Com
Faustino Ventura
Garden City Community College
Bonnie Burgarat
City Link
Garden City
House
Mike O'Neal
Hutchinson
Letters policy notes editor address and guidelines
The message outlines letters to the editor procedures including the editor address at 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 and guidance that letters of 500 words or less may be edited for libel and length. It indicates thank you letters should be general and that form letters poems or consumer/business complaints may be printed.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
The Rule of Sebelius and the Death Panels Debate
A critique of Kathleen Sebelius and HHS asserting expansive powers under ObamaCare. It claims Medicare end of life consultations and wellness visits grant broad discretion, likening rule by unelected experts to an erosion of republican government and warning of waivers and EPA actions as symptoms of bureaucratic overreach.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services
HHS
Kathleen Sebelius
George W. Bush
Sebelius
Nancy Pelosi
Hillary Clinton
Oprah Winfrey
America
New York Times
Sarah Palin
Medicare
Dick Cheney
Earl Blumenauer
Oregon
Philip Klein
The
American Spectator
Obama
House of Representatives
Environmental Protection Agency
Barack Obama
EPA
Congress
Little to Celebrate in Tax Deal for 2011
The author argues the 2011 tax package largely benefits the wealthiest 2 percent, with limited stimulus for the middle and low income. The payroll tax holiday replaces the Making Work Pay credit, potentially raising taxes for about 42 percent of filers and risking a lasting change to Social Security funding. The piece cautions against overoptimism and notes lingering financial insecurity as the new year begins.
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Obama
House
Senate
Paris
Poe
Congress
Bernie Sanders
I-Vt
America
Time to party like it's 1999 blast from the past
New Year reflections recount 1999 unemployment at 4.2 percent and dot com wealth, noting Y2K fears and later crises. The piece criticizes fake wealth and promises, predicting harsher years ahead amid mounting deficits and debt.
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U.S
Clinton
FBI
CIA
PHY
Wall Street Journal
America
Federal Reserve
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
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