Finney County must balance budget cuts and services
The Finney County Commission proposes a mill levy hike with deep cuts to law enforcement and social services. The editorial urges keeping spending in check while preserving vulnerable programs, criticizing Commissioner Doll for opposing growth in government and failing to acknowledge needs like mental health care and disability assistance.
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Finney County
Don Doll
Doll
County Commission
Conservative shift prompts reader reaction on GCTelegram
Online comments react to a story about a stronger strain of conservatism moving the right further right, with some politicians appearing centered. Also cited is Sunflower Electric Power's CEO Stuart Lowry discussing a permit clock and a 12 month window to start plant expansion at Holcomb facility.
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Gctelegram.com
Supreme Court
Stuart Lowry
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Obama
Mitt Romney
Wawa
Romney
Mad Magazine
Mr. Burns
Springfield
Pennsylvania
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Gaffes and the 2012 race overshadow policy issues
Peter Hart criticizes media fixation on gaffes by Obama and Romney as distractions from real policy debates. He argues reporters chase sensational moments, shaping narratives while neglecting substantive issues, fact checking, and accountability.
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Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
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Romney
Weather Beat
Penn State and Catholic Church failures highlighted in two sex scandal convictions
The cases of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno and ex Saint Bevilacqua aide Monsignor Lynn show parallel institutional coverups of child abuse. Sandusky was convicted of molesting boys. Lynn of concealing priest abuses.
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Jerry Sandusky
William Lynn
Pennsylvania
Sandusky
Penn State University
Lynn
Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua
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Philadelphia
Catholic Church
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Joe Paterno
Joe Pa
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Untold costs of war haunt veterans and mental health care
William A. Collins argues that while wars are sold as noble and cheap, veterans suffer hidden injuries and the VA lacks adequate psychiatric care. He cites funding wars over treatment, misclassification of mental illness as personal crises, and widespread barriers to healing, with thousands dying by suicide annually and female veterans facing sexual violence.
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Afghanistan
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Congress
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