Our View: early to dismiss Graves taxing proposals
The column argues Gov. Bill Graves should not be dismissed for proposing new taxes to meet fiscal needs. It urges open, balanced consideration of a cigarette tax 65 cents per pack, motor fuel 1 cent per gallon, car registration 75 cents, and a 0.25 percent sales tax. It notes lawmakers fear tax hikes but favors prudent spending cuts alongside any taxes. It contends the proposals could help Kansas cope with a weak economy if paired with belt tightening.
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Bill Graves
Graves
Doug Mays
Topeka
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Senate
Dave Kerr
Sacred Ground and Pretzel Pranks Highlight 9 11 Fallout
Chief of Detectives William Allee and about 300 officials sift debris at the Staten Island landfill. A bottle of POTUS jokes on Air Force One mocks Bush’s pretzel incident. Josh Mortensen recalls John Walker Lindh’s Yemen days, noting his claim of Suleiman and his adoption of a Muslim garb and accent.
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William Allee
FBI
World Trade Center
Staten Island
Potus
Bush
the United States
Air Force One
Josh Mortensen
John Walker Lindh
Yemen Language Center
Lindh
Yemen
Suleiman
Backbreaking ride cannot bend the will of men
A quotable remark from the civil rights era references the duty to stand firm against oppression. The quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr asserts that coercive demands cannot force a person to yield while preserving dignity and rights.
Historic events mark Jan fifteenth in world history
On January 15, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta. Other milestones include Elizabeth I’s 1559 coronation, Notre Dame’s charter in 1844, Nast’s donkey in 1870, basketball rules in 1892, Paderewski as Poland’s first premier in 1919, Nehru’s 1942 leadership, the Pentagon’s 1943 completion, Super Bowl I in 1967, Nixon pausing North Vietnam action, Sara Jane Moore’s 1976 sentencing, Yugoslavia’s collapse and Croatian Slovenian republics recognition in 1989, Hebron pullback talks in 1993, and Atlantis Mir docking amid a space-ship meet.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
England
Elizabeth I
Westminster Abbey
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
Thomas Nast
Harper’s Weekly
Springfield
Mass
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Republic of Poland
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
National Congress Party
Pentagon
U.S. Department
Nixon
U.S
North Vietnam
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
San Francisco
European Community
Croatia
Slovenia
Hebron
West Bank
Benjamin Netanyahu
Yasser Arafat
Mir
Vietnam AIDS camps misguide drug and prostitution rehab
John Peaspanen argues that Vietnam’s mandatory rehabilitation camps for drug addicts and sex workers are forceful, lack due process, and risk driving problems underground. He cites 97 percent failure, potential abuses, and calls for voluntary support and peer AIDS education instead of coercive reprogramming.
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Vietnam
United Nations
Early education matters demand greater state investment
The Education Commission of the States chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen argues for high quality preschool, noting research links early education to higher long-term success. The piece contrasts New Hampshire and national gaps in kindergarten access, pay for educators, and policy support, urging investment despite budget strains and the Leave No Child Behind Act.
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New Hampshire
Jeanne Shaheen
Philadelphia
Shaheen
Education Week
Texas
Laura Bush
White House
Bill Ratliff
California
Oregon
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Congress
Bush
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