Snow Grips Garden City With May Snow Likely First Since 1917
Our View notes last week brought 3 inches of snow to Garden City, the first measurable snowfall in May since 1917. A meteorologist calls the pattern a spring fluctuation, but drought persists with only 0.91 inches of yearly precipitation. Rain in the forecast offers brief relief for agriculture and the local economy.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Creationism has no place in public school science
Today's Quotes America comments from GCTelegram.com respond to a Hugoton school debate on allowing a creationist speaker in science class. The piece also notes Walk Kansas as a positive, gradual path to personal change and references Barbara Addison's column on 4-H and Youth Development.
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Finney County
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Topeka faces tax fight as Kansas Legislature reconvenes
Alan Jilka notes the Kansas Legislature returns amid a heated dispute over a temporary sales tax. Gov. Sam Brownback presses a tax plan seen by critics as harming education and benefiting wealth, while lawmakers face a looming fiscal crisis fueled by the governor’s policies. He and allies argue for reform, but opponents warn of deeper budget shortfalls and education cuts.
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Tax Foundation
Nick Johnson
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Kansas League of Municipalities
Kansas Association of Counties
Big Brother
Kansas City Star
Austerity Debunked by Critics of Reinhart Rogoff Pair
Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff faced scrutiny as a University of Massachusetts team exposed errors in their debt threshold work. Critics argue austerity benefits the rich, while harming workers, with poll data and policy makers often aligning with elite interests.
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Rogoff
University of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Payday lending by mega banks faces new scrutiny
A CRL report exposes 225 to 300 percent APRs in bank direct deposit advances and overdraft traps. Banks misprice risk, using high fees and revolving loans tied to paydays. Industry regulation and a 36 percent cap for all borrowers are urged, with FDIC and Treasury guidelines seen as an initial step.
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