Editorial calls restoring higher education funding in Kansas
Opinion argues to restore part of the 2016 cuts to KU, KState, and Wichita State. It notes 75 percent restoration by Senate Finance, 50 percent by House, and urges phased funding while criticizing the continuing pay to former KU Chancellor Gray-Little. It warns tuition pressures and supports restoring 50 to 75 percent.
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Sam Brownback
University of Kansas
Lawrence
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas State
Wichita State
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Susan Wagle
Vicki Schmidt
Ropeka
Bernadette Gray-Little
Douglas Girod
Board of Regents
Gray-Little
House
Jim Ward
Wichita
Ely Moore Sr. of Lawrence Dies at 86
Ely Moore Sr. died at eight last night at his daughter Mrs. Charles Seewir’s home 501 Tennessee street old age given as cause. He came to Lawrence at twenty one and worked with the Indian Commissioner becoming closely tied to Kansas Indians. He may have slept on the ground where Lawrence now stands and later worked for the Lawrence Journal. He knew John Brown Jim Lane and other notable Kansas figures. Reprinted from local writer Sarah St. John with online history note.
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Ely Moore, Sr
Charles Seewir
Tennessee Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Lawrence Journal
John Brown
Jim Lane
Holocaust Museum marks 25th with artifacts and stark reflections
The Washington museum notes 25 years of displaying mankind's best and worst, including a handwritten letter from Wilma Grunwald and a photo of two Czech boys. It hosts 900 video interviews and highlights evidence of genocide, urging scholarship and vigilance against rising anti-Semitism and fascist echoes worldwide.
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Washington
Museum of Human Nature
United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Frank Grunwald
Indianapolis
Frank
Misa
John
Auschwitz
Wilma
Juozas Aleksynas
Belarus
Josef Mengele
Brazil
Peter Hayes
Hayes
Hungary
Labour Party
Britain
Europe
Myanmar
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Today in History Highlights Key World Events
On April 27 1968 Hubert H Humphrey announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination weeks after Lyndon B Johnson said he would not seek re election. Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521. The Sultana exploded near Memphis in 1865 killing 1500 to 2000. Athens fell to German forces in 1941. Britain recognized Israel in 1950.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tennessee
Athens
Britain
Israel
Jail expansion sparks debate in Douglas County line
Edith Guffey of the Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council urges caution on a $44 million jail expansion. She cites 2017 decline in jail population due to behavioral health court and pretrial release programs, notes pending contracts and funding, and questions alternatives to incarceration and impacts on people of color. She supports ongoing Diversion and drug court exploration while warning against expanding incarceration without solid timelines and evidence.
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Journal-World
Behavioral Health Court
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
CJCC
Douglas County
LJW
Nancy Thellman
Mike Gaughan
Edith Guffey
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Lawrence Journal- World
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Chad Lawhorn
Kim Callahan
Kathleen Johnson
Golden Boy
Vilma
Fanny Aizenberg
George Will Georgewill
Washpost.com
Klekoid
Trump Administration
Guffey
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