Rate shift fuels anger amid Westar rate hike push
The Kansas editorial argues Westar Energy seeks 31.7 million annually in higher residential rates while cutting charges for about 5,500 business customers, shifting costs to individuals. It notes a 8.77 percent residential increase, 59 percent rise in a year for Lawrence bills, and a broader pattern of tax and rate shifts harming consumers. It urges utilities to stand up to rising costs.
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Flawed policy analysis stalled Guantanamo prisoner releases
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reviews how misreading the Taliban and al-Qaida as equally dangerous shaped policy. The piece traces 2010s congressional actions, 2011–2012 reconciliation efforts, and CIA assessments that the Taliban detainees released would not affect security, while Karzai’s objections and hunger strike protests underscored stalled progress at Guantanamo.
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Hamid Karzai
Khairullah Khairkhwa
Marc Grossman
Mohammed Tayeb al-Agha
Qatar
U.S. Army
Bowe Bergdahl
Karzai
Ibrahim Spinzada
NATO
Chicago
Afghanistan
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
Alumni push to move annual Missouri Kansas game to Kansas City
Lawrence Daily Journal World reports in 1913 that KU alumni plan a united effort to resume the annual Missouri Kansas football game in Kansas City, reversing a two year stay elsewhere. Ninety percent of respondents favor the move back to Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kansas University
Climate debate ends with call for carbon tax reform
Readers urge acceptance of climate science and support a revenue neutral carbon tax as a market based fix. The letters reference a 2013 Earth Day stance, praise for peer review indicating near universal agreement, and advocate sending proceeds to Americans. Teresa Thompson thanks KU student organizers for the Big Event efforts.
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Journal-World
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