Health Care Access Investigations Begin in Garden City
A front page series by journalism students from the University of Kansas, reported through The Telegram, examines barriers to health care for children and adults in Garden City. The project highlights persistent access problems and their impact on communities.
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Editorial seeks better access to health care in Kansas
The piece cites Gov Brownback’s Medicaid spending cuts and the impact on health care access for vulnerable residents in southwest Kansas. It highlights veterans facing long travel for care, language barriers in minority communities, refugee-related care gaps, and Garden City’s model approach at St. Catherine Hospital with a translation device. The editors urge bipartisan action to fix ACA, VA practices, and other shortfalls to improve timely care.
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Kansas
Troubled Veterans Affairs System
Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Elected Officials Respond To Education Funding Debate
Online reader comments shape a response to an editorial on ultraconservative state lawmakers and K-12 funding. Noelle Anglesey of Mosaic in Garden City notes the challenge in navigating funding cuts to Medicaid and education.
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Noelle Anglesey
Mosaic
Garden City
Letters to the Editor Policy at The Telegram
The Telegram invites signed letters under 500 words with full writer contact details and confirmation before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length and general thank you notes are preferred. Form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed.
Chinese gaokao shapes lives and echoes in U.S. tests
Dr. John Richard Schrock notes 9.4 million Chinese seniors take the gaokao with top 75 percent entering universities and top 10 percent aiming for Beijing University, Tsinghua, or Nankai. He contrasts memorization based gao kao with U.S. shift toward aligned tests like the SAT and ACT, criticizing teach-to-the-test practices and urging creative thinking in education.
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Secretary of Education
Kansas politics shift amid deep red winds and national waves
In a state long dominated by Republicans, two party contests rose and fell with national trends. From 1994 to 2016, GOP gains solidified a deep red balance while Democrats clung to select wins. The rise of national politics reshaped Kansas legislature and campaigns, affecting gubernatorial dynamics and 2016 prospects.
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Hillary Clinton
Burdett Loomis Profile at University of Kansas
Burdett Loomis is a professor of political science at the University of Kansas.
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Hitler Trump comparisons in political debate heat up
A columnist defends drawing parallels between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, noting the danger of such comparisons while acknowledging that history’s shadow informs present politics. He cites survivors and critics, warns against trivializing the Holocaust, and urges careful use of history to guide current judgment.
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America
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