Kansas Legislature debates funding for university maintenance crisis
Backlog of maintenance at state universities prompts a statewide funding debate. The Senate Ways and Means Committee rejected using Kansas Turnpike toll surcharges and lawmakers weighed tuition hikes, sales or property taxes, or selling assets like Kansas University Hospital. Critics urge a statewide solution amid concerns over rising tuition and mismanaged investments.
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Veterans voice against Legion smoking ban closures
A concerned reader argues the American Legion should allow smoking or create separate smoking and non smoking clubs to honor veterans who fought for freedom. They urge owners to decide the policy locally and defend the freedom to smoke in club settings.
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First Amendment text reference redefines rights in Congress
A quotation outlines the First Amendment limits on Congress, prohibiting establishment of religion and abridgment of free speech, press, assembly, and petition rights. It emphasizes protecting individuals' ability to seek redress from the government.
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Museum plan risks sidelining Hispanics from mainstream history
A column argues for integrating Hispanic history into the Smithsonian rather than creating a separate National Museum of the American Latino Community. It notes bipartisan backing and lays out the need to fund the Smithsonian Latino Center, fearing a standalone museum could mark Hispanics as outsiders and fail to weave their contributions into U.S. culture.
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Views on smoking ban spark sharp Garden City letters
A reader replies to Jon Hauxwell's letter to The Telegram defending the Garden City smoking ban. The writer blasts anti ban critics as devotees of freedom and economics and accuses no smoke advocates of elitism, political manipulation, and threats to liberty. The piece warns residents to wake up to perceived threats to freedom and questions the ban's un American character.
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Kansas wrestlers shine at NCAA finals with multiple Kansas natives placing
Garden City resident Jordan Leen finished eighth at 149 pounds for Cornell in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. He earlier defeated riders and near-fell to secure All American status, as Stanford’s Tanner Gardner placed seventh at 125, Missouri’s Tyler McCormick earned sixth at 133, and Iowa’s Eric Luedke took bronze at 174.
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Fuller for Garden City Commissioner April 3 election
A supporter argues Gary Fuller should be reelected as Garden City commissioner. The note asserts the election is about quality of life and Fuller’s honesty, courage, and humanitarian work, urging readers to vote for him on April 3.
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Findings and more Harper's snippets raise questions
Across Harper's back pages and Harper's March issue Findings touch on video games eyesight bullying genetics naps and heart disease risk. Other items cover vegetarian IQ claims excessive tech use depression dystopian fiction purse culture and Moskos on military racial integration with quotes on interracial comity.
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