Tax hike row in Kansas GOP echoes broken pledges
The Kansas Senate backed a $470 million tax increase raising the sales tax to 6.55 percent. Fourteen of 21 GOP senators who voted had previously vowed not to raise taxes, including Larry Powell. Supporters note food tax drops to 4.95 percent in 2016, while critics warn higher sales taxes hit middle and lower incomes and boost cross-border competition. Rep. John Doll opposes any plan lacking fiscal policy fixes. Voters are urged to hold lawmakers accountable.
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Larry Powell
Garden City
Kansas
GOP
Americans For Prosperity
Garrett Love
R-Montezuma
Mitch Holmes
St. John
Sam Brownback
Powell
Kansas Chamber
Brownback
Credit Powell
John Doll
Doll
Legislators clash over tax code reforms and burden shift
Online comment from GCTelegram.com criticizes tax policy changes as a shift of the burden to working people. The editorial response notes calls for revision of the 2012 policy. A related Garden City Heartland Cancer Center story quotes Dr Claudia Perez Tamayo praising regional excellence and new cancer-fighting technology.
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Gctelegram.com
Kansas
Claudia Perez-Tamayo
Heartland Cancer Center
Garden City
Letters to the editor guidelines from The Telegram
The Telegram outlines letter submission rules including signed letters with full address and phone, confirmation before publication, potential editing for libel and length, and a 500 word limit. It notes that thank you letters should be general, form letters and ads will not be printed, and provides the mailing address in Garden City Kansas and the website for online submissions.
Kipnis Affair Highlights Campus Free Speech Clash
Laura Kipnis, a University of Illinois at Urbana filmmaker, faced Title IX scrutiny for an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education arguing against sexual paranoia on campuses. The case sparked liberal soul-searching over political correctness, due process, and the weaponization of Title IX, with Kipnis eventually cleared but the ordeal cited as proof that dissent can invite investigation.
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Jad Ldo Eesti University
Laura Kipnis
Chronicle of Higher Education
Kipnis
Phyllis Schlafly
Publishers Weekly
Mailer
Academe
Obama
Inquisition
Josef K
Committee of Affairs
Christina Hoff Sommers
Foucault
FIRE
Wright Brothers book tops The New York Times list
Cal Thomas reviews David McCulloughs The Wright Brothers, praising its vivid narrative. He highlights the brothers persistence, risk taking, and belief in flight, noting early skepticism and government rejection before decisive recognition.
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David McCullough
New York Times
Wright Brothers
McCullough
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Kitty Hawk
N.C
U.S
Wrights
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Octave Chanute
Paris
LeMans
Andrew Carnegie
Supreme Court considers Obamacare subsidies in state exchange dispute
The case questions whether federal subsidies may flow only to plans sold on state established exchanges. If the court sides with the challengers, 34 states relying on federal exchanges could lose subsidies, risking coverage losses and a potential premium spiral.
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Supreme Court
Congress
IRS
Hill
House
Tom Purcell Humor Columnist Contact Info
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist Tom Purcell is identified along with an email contact Tom Purcell at TomPurecell com. Distribution is noted by Cagle Cartoons.
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Tom Purcell
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tom
Cagle Cartoons
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Nationalreview.com
Brothers
CAL Thomas Tribune Media Services
McGuffey
Simon and Schuster
Cal Thomas
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Tribpub
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