Open process questioned in Saline County commission expansion
Editorial notes that expanding the Saline County commission to five seats was approved by voters but the appointment process remains secret. Governor Brownback has interviewed 13 applicants for one seat, withholding names despite records requests, prompting concern over transparency and potential political influence.
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Salina Journal
Saline County
Drive For
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Kansas Court of Appeals
Sino American ties show cautious reset amid win win talks
David Ignatius notes a gradual Sino American reset after Xi Jinping Obama talks, with both sides pursuing win win cooperation. Beijing accepts a stronger economy and pragmatic interests while Washington presses for climate, trade, and security accords, amid North Korea, regional straits, and a cautious party reform effort.
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South China
Xi Jinping
Obama
America
Beijing
Joseph Nye
Harvard
Russia
Japan
Philippines
Washington
Aspen Strategy Group
Nye
Brent Scowcroft
Central Party School
Chinese Communist Party
Aspen
North Korea
Asia-Pacific
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
Smoking by police officers to be banned on duty
From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 17, 1914. A committee representing the W C T U and Mayor Francisco consulted after a complaint that police officers smoking on duty sets a bad example following a boy caught smoking. The meeting, held yesterday afternoon, aimed to prohibit officers from smoking while on duty.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
W.C.T.U
Francisco
Koch funding in academia sparks open records clash at KU
Schuyler Kraus of Students for a Sustainable Future at KU argues Koch family and allied groups push corporate influence via donations and contracts across universities. The piece defends open records requests to reveal restrictive grants and stresses academic freedom, objectivity, and truth in higher education.
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National American Association of University Professors
Cary Nelson
Art Hall
Hall
Jeff Glendening
Mike O’neal
Kuch
Florida State University
AAUP
Koch Family Foundations
ALEC
Cato Institute
Heartland Institute
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RPI
Flint Hills Research Institute
Reason Foundation
SSF
Koch
Schuyler Kraus
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