Editorials Commons goals in performance based budgeting
Kansas Board of Regents retreat opens discussion on using performance measures for state higher education funding. Regents aim for bipartisan goal clarity, with 60 percent Kansans credentialed by 2020 as a contested target. Debate covers admissions standards, graduation measures, and the need to prove higher education value to lawmakers.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas
Regents
Kenny Wilk
Wilk
National Center For Higher Education Management Systems
Kansas University
Obama urged to focus U S Latin America trade and ties
Andres Oppenheimer argues Washington should match Africa outreach with Latin America. He notes shrinking U S share of regional trade to 35 percent in 2013 while China rises, urges a regional trade plan, a U S Caribbean energy initiative, and deeper ties with the 11 nations with free trade pacts.
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Barack Obama
Washington
D.C
Latin America
U.s.africa
Obama
China
Africa
U.S
Russia
Japan
Beijing
Inter-American Development Bank
United States
IADB
Mauricio Moreira
European Union
Kerry
Americas
Mexico
Canada
PetroCaribe
Venezuela
George W. Bush
Andres Oppenheimer
The
Miami Herald
Fire chief to pick up new chief's car in Kansas City
Fire Chief Reinisch will travel to Kansas City Saturday to obtain a newly built Lawrence fire department vehicle. Designed for speed to reach fires quickly, the car is not a standard fire truck but a chief's car carrying four firemen and two large chemical tanks for ordinary fires.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Reinisch
Kansas City
Lawrence Fire Department
Growth fear shapes Lawrence zoning clash over Southpoint
Karen Fender of Lawrence attacks planners for blocking Southpoint retail and abatement-free development while city spends on police, sewers, and roads and raises taxes. She notes 700 plus jobs and millions in sales tax could come, yet commissioners push against growth with uneven incentives and higher levies.
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Lawrence
Southpoint
Karen Fender
Amtrak trip from Lawrence to Flagstaff in peaceful travel
A letter to the editor recounts a smooth Amtrak journey from Lawrence to Flagstaff. The writer notes arriving before train No. 3, free parking, easy luggage handling, overnight beds, a calm ride with scenic views, breakfast, and meeting an interesting couple.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Amtrak
Lawrence Station
Amtrak No. 3
No. 3
Garden City
Public Forum on Train Trip and Taxship Reflections
Jim Budde writes that a train trip felt like a vacation with enjoyable Albuquer que stopovers and a pleasant return to Lawrence. Ken Meyer argues a $300 to $400 sales tax rise for a new police HQ ignores long term tax and utility cost hikes, urging responsible budgeting.
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Albuquerque
Flagstaff
Jim Budde
Lawrence
Ken Meyer
Invest in Education and Shared Responsibility in Kansas
A Kansas governor's re election sermon argues tax cuts fund education by returning citizens money for investment. Readers urged collective financing of quality schooling while asking who pays for a socialist program. Letters policy invites 250 word public forum submissions with name address and phone.
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Don Brennaman
Lawrence
Journal-World
Journal- World
Ijworld.com
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