Uncontested Races Mark Kansas Primary Filing Fade
Our view notes filing closed on June 10 with many local races in Finney County left uncontested. Incumbents Roman Harbor and Larry Jones face no opposition, while Cliff Mayo's District 4 seat has minimal challenge from Jason Dougherty and Harold Starr. Reynaldo Mesa appears set for Garden City’s House seat as Jeff Whitham retires. Independent candidates unlikely by Aug. 2 deadline. The piece laments low interest in public service and ongoing lack of competition.
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Finney County Commission
Roman Harbor
Larry Jones
Cliff Mayo
Jason Dougherty
Harold Starr
Garden City
Reynaldo Mesa
Kansas House of Representatives
Jeff Whitham
Mesa
Topeka
Kansas primary races need broad candidate field, expert views
The piece argues uncontested races limit voter evaluation, urging more candidates to run. It highlights budget pressures, demands on spending taxpayer dollars, and notes Whitham's experience as a state lawmaker and former Garden City commissioner facing funding shortfalls. It praises candidates who serve, while noting competition drives public service.
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Whitham
Garden City
Kyrgyz interim mobilizes reserves to quell ethnic violence
Talaaibek Adibayev, a 39 year old army veteran, comments on the partial mobilization of reservists up to age 50 after Kyrgyzstan’s interim government seeks to end ethnic violence against Uzbeks. Florida Senate hopeful Jeff Greene touts diverse friends amid campaign. Tony Awards open with 13 minute medley of show tunes hosted by Sean Hayes.
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Talaaibek Adibayev
Kyrgyzstan
Sean Hayes
Telegram requests signed letters with contact details
The Telegram invites readers to submit letters to the editor, signed and including address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Thank you letters should be general. form letters, poems, consumer complaints or business testimonials won’t be printed.
Framing of First Amendment Rights
The text asserts that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof nor abridge the freedom of speech or the press or the right of the people to assemble and petition the government for redress.
More than athletics at stake in Big 12 realignment
Joe Aistrup, a political science professor at Kansas State University, argues that conference affiliation affects more than athletics. He contends the Big 12 unraveling could push KU and K-State toward the Big 10, Big East, or Pac 10, with deeper academic and research implications for flagship state universities.
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ESPN
Bernadette Gray-Little
University of Nebraska
University of Missouri
United States
Association of American Universities
AAU
Penn State
University of Texas
Big 10
K-State
Kansas Board of Regents
K State
Joe Aistrup
Kansas State University
Dutchman Van Der Sloot Faces Peru Prison Over Flores Death
The case centers on Joran van der Sloot's alleged murder of Stephany Flores in Lima after a security video linked him to her. The article notes Peru's harsh prison conditions and possible sentences, with comparisons to Natalee Holloway's case and the wider implications of legal and social reactions.
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Oran van der Sloot
Stephany Flores
Lima
Peru
Ricardo Flores
van der Sloot
Interpol
Natalee Holloway
Aruba
Holloway
Paulus van der Sloot
Peruvian
Miguel Castro Castro
San Juan de Lurigancho
U.S. State Department
Challapalca
Andes
Wakeup Call on Oil Spill and Civil Rights Echoes
Essay argues BP oil spill could trigger national reform echoing civil rights martyrs Emmett Till Medgar Evers and the Birmingham church bombing. Contends spill exposes greed and corrupt ties between Big Oil and government, calls out political rhetoric and GOP era policy, urges accountability and a renewal of democracy.
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Emmett Till
Medgar Evers
Birmingham
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Till
Chicago
Mississippi
Emmett
Bob
Martin Luther King Jr
Lincoln Memorial
Gulf Coast
Exxon
Sarah Palin
Washington
George W. Bush
Gulf
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