Editorial calls for Kansas Legislature to stop pay after 90 days
The piece argues the Kansas Legislature wastes time on controversial issues and fails to pass a budget by day 90. It notes the high daily costs to taxpayers, highlights lawmakers who decline pay, and urges a bill denying compensation beyond the 90th day to avoid further public indignation.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
General Fund
Turnpike Authority
Department of Transportation
Don Hineman
Dighton
Elderly must work rule sparks online debate in Kansas
A heated online comment from GCTelegram.com reacts to Kansas Senate action replacing retirement rules for Public Employees Retirement System retirees who return to work. The commenter says the elderly must work because those under 35 lack knowledge, while a Lakin High School educator contrasts a valedictorian’s intellect with peer attitudes in a related Zerikhun Filatov story.
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Gctelegram.com
Kansas Senate
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Blain White
Lakin High School
LHS
Zerikhun Filatov
Readers urged to mail signed letters to editor
The Telegram invites letters to the editor signed with writer address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length to 500 words or less. Thank you notes are general. form letters and business testimonials won’t be printed.
Clown car GOP field dominates Lindsey Graham joke
Senator Lindsey Graham jokes about the crowded Republican field as he plans a June announcement while noting the media's focus on other stories. The piece satirizes the parade of hopefuls and the attention economy around presidential announcements.
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Tashington
Lindsey Graham
Graham
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Hillary Clinton
CBS
MSNBC
Green Room
Yosemite
Washington
Gayle King
King
Central
Charlie Rose
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
Miami
Freedom Tower
Mike Huckabee
Tony Orlando
Ben Carson
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Jeb Bush Flip Flops on Iraq Policy and Bush Legacy
The piece rails at Jeb Bush for shifting positions on the Iraq invasion, noting his initial admission he would have authorized it, then retreating. It contrasts him with George W. Bush, cites Paul Wolfowitz, and questions GOP trust while praising George H. W. Bush and polling showing high support for the president among Iowans. It ends by casting Jeb as riding his brother’s coattails and questioning his economic model.
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George Pataki
MSNBC
Donald Trump
Trump
Jeb Bush
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Cruz
Mark Halperin
Bloomberg News
Iowa
Graham
CBS
King
Syria
Gitmo
Mary Lee
Jo Bush
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Soviet Union
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White House
George W
George W. Bush
Paul Wolfowitz
Wolfowitz
Jeb
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George H. W. Bush
Quinnipiac University
Herbert Hoover
Reader's Digest spoof lists won't tell you 13 items
An anonymous RD staffer shares a spoof list titled 13 Things Reader's Digest Won't Tell You. The piece lampoons RD features, editors, and foreign editions with blunt humor about taxes, beeping editors, and beheadings, ending with a jab about a housebreaking puppy article.
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Reader’s Digest
Tyree
Santa Claus
JFK
FDR
IRS
U.S
United States
Satan
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