Governors action urged on El Dorado prison pay crisis
Editorial urges Gov. Brownback to quickly raise pay for corrections officers at the El Dorado Correctional Facility to address staffing shortages and inmate violence. It cites May and June disturbances and July stabbings, notes a 46 percent officer turnover, and discusses potential executive action or a special session to fund a 20 percent raise.
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Sam Brownback
el Dorado Correctional Facility
Department of Corrections
el Dorado Prison
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J.R. Claeys
Salina
House
Public Safety
Brownback
Senate
Susan Wagle
Wagle
el Dorado
Bruce Givens
Joe Norwood
Jim Ward
Wichita
Ward
Melika Willoughby
Norwood
International Religious Freedom
Old Home Town in 1867
The Kansas Daily Tribune describes stifling heat and swirling dust, notes a Fall Leaf station woodcutter’s sudden illness and death with cholera or sunstroke suspected, and mentions the government halting use of the Union Pacific for freight. Reprinted from local writer Sarah St. John. online follow up available.
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Kansas Daily Tribune
Fall Leaf Station
Sarah St. John
Facebook.com
Subtlety as sin in political name-calling
Leonard Pitts argues that mild decorum in political debate erodes persuasion. He defends naming the president while lamenting the era of partisan hostility. He contrasts personal insults with the need to protest and defend America against what he calls an existential threat.
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America
Alamo
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Bonnie and Clyde U S premiere shocks with violence
On August 13 1967 the crime caper Bonnie and Clyde opened in the United States under director Arthur Penn starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway noted for its innovative and graphic violence. Also mentions 1846 Los Angeles flag raising and 1961 East Germany Berlin wall start.
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Warren Beatty
Faye Dunaway
U.S
Arthur Penn
Los Angeles
East Germany
Berlin
Red lines and restraint in Trump North Korea policy
The piece argues John Kelly should establish an unseen, inviolable red line on North Korea and military threats to preserve credibility. It cites President Obama's Syria misstep and warns Trump’s off the cuff warnings risk eroding credibility as North Korea escalates with plans for enveloping fire around Guam.
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Washington
White House
John Kelly
North Korea
Trump
Kelly
Obama
Syria
United States
Guam
Rex Tillerson
Tillerson
Kim Jong UN
Sebastian Gorka
Washington Post
State Department
Heather Nauert
Kelly’s tricky bid to curb Trump’s foreign policy chaos
Ruth Marcus argues that John Kelly must seize control of White House messaging to prevent a nuclear crisis, as Trump’s untamed rhetoric and staff feuding threaten serious foreign policy risks. The piece assesses whether Kelly can impose order or depart.
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Trump
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Connecticut
Richard Blumenthal
Fox & Friends
Russia
Kelly
Ruth Marcus
Washington Post Writers Group
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