Federal minimum wage to rise to 7.25 by 2009
The increase to 5.85 an hour on July 24 and a staged rise to 7.25 by 2009 targets about 13 million workers, including 6.4 million children. EPI notes inflation has eroded the wage to a 52 year low and urges support for higher pay as a poverty reduction measure. Kansas remains below federal level at 2.65 for non covered work, highlighting policy gaps.
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Bush
Economic Policy Institute
U.S
EPI
Kansas
Human Rights Watch Seeks Fate of 39 Suspects Detained
Human Rights Watch asks where 39 terror suspects are now after they disappeared, asserting the list includes individuals believed held secretly by U.S. authorities. Joanne Mariner questions state of detention and outcomes since disappearance.
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Joanne Mariner
Human Rights Watch
U.S
Telegram invites letters to the editor at Garden City KS
The Telegram solicits signed letters with writer address and phone number, notes all letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Letters should be under 500 words, general thank you notes are acceptable, form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed. Contact available by email or mail at 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846.
First Amendment text seed in a public rights note
The passage cites the First Amendment limits on government. It lists establishment of religion free exercise speech press assembly and petition as protected rights. The text emphasizes prohibitions on laws that infringe these fundamental liberties and the right to seek redress from the government.
Clinton War Debate Reflects Strategy and Deflection
Kathleen Parker argues Hillary Clinton’s Iraq vote and remarks show a strategic or defensive stance on war policy. The piece examines her evolving justification, reliance on coerced diplomacy, and questions whether she read the NIE before voting, framing the debate as a political calculation vs principle.
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Clinton
Iraq
George Bush
John Edwards
Bush
U.N
Lundiy
Senate
New York Times
Jeff Gerth
Don van Natta Jr
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Saddam
NIE
van Natta and Gerth
Sen
Jay Rockefeller
Dw.va
Intelligence Committee
Farm subsidies and the 2007 farm bill debate grows
Troy Dumler of Kansas State University examines the future of farm subsidies as the 2002 farm bill nears expiration. He notes broad historical support rooted in Jeffersonian ideals and economic need, yet rising subsidies skew toward landowners and debate over policy reform intensifies with new interest groups shaping the 2007 bill.
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Congress
Thomas Jefferson
United States
U.S
Conservation
Troy Dumler
Kansas State University Research Station
Garden City
Notable rant on U S foreign policy and imperialism
Charley Reese derides U S foreign policy as selective outrage and imperial arrogance. He accuses Washington of hypocrisy and highlights wars, occupation, and resource exploitation from the Spanish American War to present. He urges focus on global suffering over celebrity culture.
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Congo
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Hollywood
United States
U.S
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Canada
Mexico
Spain
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