Cold snap hits Kansas as temperatures plunge from 80s to 40s
Our View notes a sharp weather turn in Kansas with Friday's cold snap and a weekend chill. Forecast highs dropped from the 80s to the 40s, slicing into fall like conditions and prompting gardeners to harvest before frost.
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Seasonal Shifts and Allergy Toll Shape Kansas Weather
The piece notes extreme spring and summer heat with days above 100 degrees and a rapid shift to autumn. It highlights earlier warm temps accelerating pollen and mold spread, a painful allergy season, and a late drizzle that did little to relieve drought, with forecasts suggesting more fluctuating temperatures before winter.
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Quotes on mentoring and fruit storage guidance
Online remarks from GCTelegram.com respond to a Finney and Kearny Counties Big Brothers Big Sisters story funded by Finney County United Way. The column by Barbara Addison and Alli Burns shares harvest tips, sorting tomatoes by ripeness before frost.
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Romney and Romney’s Rightward Drift Under Fire in Debate
The piece critiques Mitt Romney as a flip flopper pulled by the far right media. It argues his shift toward extreme GOP positions risks backlash in November. It connects his stance to Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and big-money donors, and laments the rise of a harsher political climate.
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Lehrer Returns to Moderating Debates in Denver
PBS veteran Jim Lehrer, 78, resumes moderating a presidential debate in Denver after four years off, adopting a free wheeling format with candidates challenging each other. The night proved poorly managed, with both Obama and Romney addressing the camera rarely and questions failing to expose clear differences.
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Tax cuts shift burden to middle and lower income Kansans
Flentie of Wichita State University notes that from 2014 onward the Brownback tax plan shifts tax burden from high earners to those with lower incomes. Public revenue analysis shows 285000 low income filers under 25000 will gain 346, while 21000 high earners over 250000 gain 9792, revealing a 29 percent share of the 717 million total tax cut going to the wealthiest.
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