Kansans face push to curb political robo calls
Our view argues robo calls flood elections and strain voters. Lawmakers weigh bills to block or regulate calls and require sponsorship disclosure to curb misinformation while preserving direct candidate contact and voter turnout efforts.
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House Elections and Governmental Organization Committee
Senate Elections and Local Government Committee
Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission
House
Budget battles and border fence talk frame policy clash
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad blasts President Bush on a 2.9 trillion dollar budget as a fiscal cliff. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger contrasts his Austrian upbringing with the border fence plan, arguing Mexico should be a partner, not an enemy.
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Senate Budget Committee
Kent Conrad
Bush
Berlin Wall
Mexico
California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austria
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First Amendment text summary as historical record
The First Amendment sets out five protections. It prohibits establishing a national religion and protects free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and press, and the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
Kansas seeks to end lax food rules in ethics reform
A 1997 ethics law restricting gifts to executive branch officials faces elimination as Kansas House passes a bill to remove most meaningful restrictions. Legislators say lobbyist hospitality remains widespread while the measure would cap meals for executive branch staff at 25 dollars, leaving lawmakers’ own events unchanged.
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Bill Graves
Executive Branch
Governmental Ethics Commission
House
Graves
Ethics Commission
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Mike Burgess
Elections and Governmental Organization Committee
Battle over affirmative action and Nenas proverb
A column argues against extreme race based preferences in admissions and hiring. It cites Prop 209 and Michigan referendums, critiques Jeb Bushs One Florida, and notes shifts to socioeconomic criteria while warning against overreach. It emphasizes need to help truly disadvantaged regardless of ethnicity.
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Nena
California
Florida
Jeb Bush
Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Michigan
Ward Connerly
Africa
Latin America
Spain
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Europe
Newark
Central High
Choate
Heather MacDonald
Manhattan Institute
Marty on Stage at Garden City Community College
Skip Mancini leads a student production of Paddy Chayefsky's Marty at Garden City Community College March 2 and 3. The intimate one hour TV script will be staged near the audience in the orchestra pit with a large cast, funds raised benefitting a New York trip for drama students. Five dollar donations support the trip. box office and email contacts provided.
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Skip” Mancini
Satanta
Sublette
Haskell County
Vince
Marty
Garden City Community College
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Filomena
Ebbets Field
Skip
Paddy Chayefsky
Mr Chayefsky
Writer's Guild of America
Chayefsky
Pauline Joyce
New York City
Gccc Drama Department
New York
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