Editorial urges reviewing Kansas revenue estimates and tax policy
The Kansas review follows a $33 million June shortfall, pushing the year’s deficit beyond $100 million. The piece criticizes government reliance on optimistic estimates and calls for tax reassessment, including reconsidering LLC tax exemptions to boost revenue while acknowledging concerns about growth.
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Kansas
Nick Jordan
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Community dogs find homes at FCHS Pet Expo
Online readers respond to a crash story noting humane society outreach. Finney County Humane Society volunteer Donna Jones discusses community animals transported for adoption at the upcoming Pet Expo, highlighting efforts to rehome pets without shelter intake.
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Donna Jones
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Untold Atrocities of Unit 731 Haunt Pingfan Museum
An entomologist speaks at the Pingfan Unit 731 Museum in Harbin about Ishii Shiro and Japan’s germ warfare unit. The account details plague studies, autopsies on living victims, insect vectored diseases, and the vast human toll in Manchuria from 1940 to 1945.
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China
North Korea
Russian Siberia
Pingfan
Nuremberg
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Manchuria
Ishii Shiro
Ishii
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Robert Oppenheimer
Kawashima
Chengte
Ningo
Jeffrey Lockwood
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Week of Republican democracy ends as Trump bids lead
Davis Merritt argues the GOP will nominate Donald Trump in Cleveland, decrying the move as a democracide that betrays Lincoln Eisenhower and Reagan. He decries Trump’s vague policy stance, ignorance of the Constitution, and the risk to the nation, urging readers to reconsider.
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Donald Trump
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight Eisenhower
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Gettysburg
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Syria
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Hezbollah
Loving America by Striving for a Better Future
A summer bus conversation contrasts two views of patriotism. The speaker argues that true patriotism includes acknowledging flaws and pushing for progress, from voting rights and gerrymandering to healthcare and civil rights. He contends Americans can love their country by fixing its inequities.
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U.S. Foreign Service
America
United States
U.S
Lilly Ledbetter
Jill Richardson Book on America’s Food System Fix
Jill Richardson penned Recipe for America exposing why the U S food system is broken and outlining steps to repair it. The book is distributed by OtherWords.org.
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America
Www
Otherwords.org
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