Protests at funerals spark debate on free speech laws
The Topeka based Westboro Baptist Church has long picketed military funerals. Local actions like the Patriot Guard Riders and Orlando performers show how to counter hate peacefully. The piece argues for protecting grieving families and free speech without curb laws.
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WBC
U.S
Southern Poverty Law Center
America
Garden City
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Clint Upchurch
Iraq
Patriot Guard
Orlando
Kansas
Reflections on Kansas funding and refugee education clashes
Editorial staff cite online comments on highway funding criticism in Kansas. A Garden City Community College coordinator Linda Miller notes refugee education challenges in accessing health care, highlighting tensions over resource allocation and integration efforts.
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Gctelegram.com
Kansas
Linda Miller
Garden City Community College Adult Learning Center
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Meatless Mondays in US military menu politics
A crowded Washington skirmish follows Orlando terrorism coverage as House Republicans push a Meatless Mondays measure while blocking gay rights protections and gun controls. Democrats protest overregulation as debates hinge on nutrition, national security, and civil rights amid partisan noise.
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R-Neb
Peter J. Visclosky
D-Ind
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House
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Steve King
Iowa
Senate
Joni Ernst
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First steps toward tyranny in Kansas school finance review
University of Kansas law professor Mike Hoeflich argues that removing school finance from constitutional review would undermine checks and balances, risking legislative tyranny. He warns that judicial review protects constitutional rights and urges either preserving review or separate constitutional amendment to decide on education as a constitutional right.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gannon
Judicial Review
Mike Hoeflich
The
University of Kansas School of Law
Entitlements debate hinges on rhetoric over reality
The essay argues that calling programs free masks the costs borne by taxpayers and businesses. It notes worldwide entitlement trends, cites Obamacare as a model, and critiques both conservative and liberal demagoguery while praising bipartisan welfare reform that aided work and education. It calls for reason over rhetoric to assess gains and expenses.
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Bernie Sanders
Kansas
Congress
Bill Clinton
Garden City Native Julie Doll A Journalist Across States
Julie Doll, a Garden City native and former journalist, has worked at newspapers in California Indiana and New York as well as across Kansas.
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Julie Doll
California
Indiana
New York
Kansas
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