Safety gap in gas storage oversight sparks bipartisan push
Kansas lawmakers seek to let states monitor underground natural gas storage to prevent hazards after federal rulings limit state authority. Hutchinson explosions highlighted gaps as the state and utilities share risk. Moran and Roberts propose a common sense bill to reinstate in state oversight and safety.
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Kansas
Jerry Moran
Pat Roberts
Topeka
Hutchinson
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Moran and Roberts
Letters Policy for Public Forum at The Journal World
The Journal World invites letters to the Public Forum under 250 words. Submitters must include name address and telephone number and may mail to Box 888 Lawrence Rs 66044 or email letters ljworld com. The paper reserves the right to edit without changing viewpoints and grants a nonexclusive license to publish copy and distribute.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Ljworld.com
Diversity policies under Supreme Court review in Texas case
George Will weighs a high stakes Texas admissions case as the Supreme Court weighs racial preferences. He argues the diversity rationale harms minorities, citing research on academic mismatch and attrition, urging a reexamination of faculty and student outcomes.
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Supreme Court
University of Texas
Bakke
Lewis Powell
Amicus Curiae
Texas
University of Michigan
Law School
Ucla Law
Richard
Sander
Stuart Taylor
University of California
Sander and Taylor
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Gail Heriot
Peter Kirsanow
Todd Gaziano
Heriot
Kirsanow
Gaziano
Heriot-Kirsanow-Gaziano
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Tribute to Stephen Johnson for Kansas defense
Lawrence reader Jeremy Winfrey thanks Stephen Johnson, KU linebacker, for his effort during a disastrous season. Johnson led the conference in tackles while Turner Gill's two-year coaching era ends, and Winfrey praises his hard play and school pride despite criticism and limited recognition.
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Turner Gill
Stephen Johnson
Stephen
Crimson and Blue
Fiscal crisis public forum warns of looming dollar decline
Reader letters criticize fiscal mismanagement and political leaders. The exchange cites US federal deficits, the Federal Reserve money printing, and the risk the dollar loses global reserve status. Authors urge truth, accountability, and voter engagement amid criticism of Moran Roberts Yoder Jenkins.
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Mike Hoeflich
Journal-World
U.S
Federal Reserve
Lecture on Women and the Ballet by Mrs Zehner
The Lawrence lecture at Friends church titled Women and the Ballet drew strong interest. Mrs A C Zehner of Dallas Texas delivered a forceful, clear case for woman suffrage, blending northern energy with southern eloquence and sharing wide life experience.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Friends Church
A. C. Zehner
Dallas
Texas
Training abuse at WHINSEC taints American ideals
A UN Truth Commission report links WHINSEC formerly the School of the Americas in Georgia to human rights abuses in Latin America. It notes graduates and attendees involved in the 1980 Arch bishop Romero assassination and current drug war crimes, with Rene Sanabria sentenced to 32 years for cocaine trafficking. Colombia hosts many graduates as numbers rise. Sarah Busse.
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School of the Americas
Georgia
U.S
U.N
SOA
Rene Sanabria
Colombia
South America
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