Bioscience future in Kansas hinges on the KBA amid NBAF talks
The Kansas Bioscience Authority helped land the NBAF and a National Cancer Institute designation for KU Hospital, drawing bioscience firms and investments. Critics warn abolition efforts by a Senate committee could hurt growth and lure other states ahead, tying policy to broad funding cuts.
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Editorial online comment on medicinal cannabis funding debate
An online comment from GCTelegram.com criticizes addiction to medicine under threat of incarceration. It suggests creating alternative finances to avoid begging commissions, reflecting on FCEDC funding discussions and Bob Kreutzer's stance.
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Letters to the Telegram for Garden City readers
Readers are invited to send signed letters to the Telegram editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas and include address and phone number. Letters up to 500 words will be edited for libel and clarity and confirmed before publication. General thanks are encouraged while form letters, poems and business testimonials will not be printed.
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Wealth and inequality steer a tech startup boom
The piece reviews Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield and a surge in start up funding amid rising inequality. It notes Slack valued at 1 billion after early investments and 3 billion after 160 million for 5 percent, despite no immediate need. It highlights rapid three round financings since 2013 and argues high finance floods cash into speculative bets, widening economic gaps.
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Jade Helm and Abbott in a Texas paranoia debate
Jason Stanford critiques Governor Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm exercise as a national joke and Texas panic. The piece questions Abbott's beliefs about invasion threats, his political pandering, and whether the governor truly fears martial law or merely pretends to.
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Closing the door on torture
John Kiriakou recounts his whistleblowing on the CIA torture program, its fallout, and the stalled accountability after the Senate Intelligence Committee released a censored summary. He urges Obama to pursue prosecutions, citing past actions against torture and the report’s finding that harsh methods yielded no useful intelligence.
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Sam Pizzigati edits inequality monthly Too Much
Sam Pizzigati, an Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow, edits the inequality monthly Too Much published by OtherWords.
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