Editorial on KanCare inclusion for developmental disabilities
Ongoing concerns loom as Kansas debates KanCare rollout for the intellectually and developmentally disabled. Senate leaders, advocates, and InterHab press to exclude long term supports from KanCare and favor pilot studies, warning that issues remain unsettled despite 2014 inclusion plans.
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Senate
Terry Bruce
Hutchinson
Community Developmental Disability Organization
CDDO
McOs
Cottonwood
Texas
Colorado
InterHab
Bruce
Time running out for two state talks and West Bank fate
Trudy Rubin warns that renewed Israel Palestinian talks may fail as settlement expansion deepens. Netanyahu backs diagramming borders over 1967 lines while Abbas and Hamas fracture unity. A collapse risks Palestinian self rule in disconnected cantons, deteriorating security and possible Israeli isolation.
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West Bank
Washington
Mideast
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Palestine
East Jerusalem
Gaza
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Mahmoud Abbas
Hamas
Netanyahu
Naftali Bennett
Habayit Hayehudi
Bennett
European Union
Palestinian Authority
Trudy Rubin
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Takoma Park Declares Itself a Nuclear Free Zone
In 1983 Takoma Park Maryland enacted The Takoma Park Nuclear Free Zone Act prohibiting work on nuclear weapons within city limits as a symbolic response to global nuclear tensions. The ordinance gave residents a sense of action amid fears of a nuclear threat.
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Reagan
Europe
Soviet Union
Takoma Park
North Korea
United States
Russia
Gun laws, human nature, and a stubborn defense
Cal Thomas argues that tougher gun laws in Connecticut and Maryland stem from emotion, not logic, and cannot deter evil or prevent future shootings. He questions whether more restrictions will stop criminals, notes Newtown victims, and urges focus on mental health and enforcement rather than broad bans. He cites past calls to ban guns and suggests concealed carry and alarms as practical defenses.
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Newtown
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Prince George’s County
Obama
Congress
Ter
Lanza
Sandy Hook
Dianne Feinstein
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CBS
60 Minutes
Senate
United States
America
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