Climate change discussed by Kansas lawmakers and advocates
A Lawrence legislator, a Jefferson County farmer, and Rabbi Moti Rieber spoke at a Statehouse news conference defending climate solutions as Kansas lawmakers prepared to debate ALEC backed bills. They warned that corporate policy could scar the planet while urging action this session.
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American Legislative Exchange Council
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Francisco
Wayne White
Jefferson County
Moti Rieber
Overland Park
Statehouse
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Kansas University debuts Chancellors Doctoral Fellowships
KU launches the Chancellors Doctoral Fellowships to attract top Ph D students. Each fellowship provides 25000 dollars yearly plus tuition coverage funded by private EU Endowment money and KU revenues from commercialization. Deans decide internal distribution among departments with about a dozen fellowships awarded next year, half to Liberal Arts.
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Bernadette Gray-Little
University
School of Liberal Arts
Sity
Office of Graduate Studies
Thomas Heilke
KU Graduate Studies
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School official angered by use of funds
Steve Woolf, superintendent of the Erie Galesburg district in Neosho County, condemned Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to divert $12 million in welfare funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to pay for a reading initiative for grade-schoolers in southeast Kansas. Woolf called it morally wrong and said it would hurt hungry families.
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Sam Brownback
Kansas
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Erie-Galesburg
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Lack of Honesty Underpins Confidence in President
A Saturday column questions how Americans and foreign leaders should view a president who does not tell the truth. It argues transparency was a campaign pledge, contrasts Obamacare and Benghazi questions with promises kept, and critiques honesty in the Obama era while weighing the impact on trust in government.
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