Editorial doubts rise over KDOT Turnpike merger plan
Kansas editorial questions Governor Brownback's plan to merge KDOT and the Kansas Turnpike Authority. Secretary Mike King testifies on potential savings but cannot specify how the 15 million annual and 30 million two year cuts would be achieved. Critics warn against approving the merger without operating impact details.
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Sam Brownback
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Ways and Means Committee
King
KTA
Kansas Turnpike
Laura Kelly
Kansas lawmakers push to force annual KU KSU WSU basketball games
Lawmakers led by Sen. Michael O'Donnell push a bill to require Kansas University, Kansas State University, and Wichita State University to schedule men and women’s games each year. The measure dropped funding penalties and hinges on sellouts, while WSU’s national ranking fluctuates amid recent losses. Intrastate rivalries belong to athletic officials, not statutes.
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Wichita State University
Michael O’donnell
R-Wichita
Ku-Wsu
KSU
Wichita
WSU
Associated Press
USA Today
O’donnell
Balanced budget amend ment debate and public choice
Washington column argues constitutional balanced budget amendments are unlikely without two thirds party control and risk tax shifts, then credits James Buchanan and public choice theory for realism about incentives in politics. It notes Republicans' Sandy aid offset plan failed and calls for constraint via amendment.
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Mick Mulvaney
R-S.c
Eric Cantor
Budget Committee
Paul Ryan
Hal Rogers
R-Ky
Appropriations Committee
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Death of Dr Leonard Powell 65 Civil War veteran
The Lawrence Daily Journal-World notes the death of Dr Leonard Powell at his Haskell avenue home from paralysis following hardships endured in the Civil War. Powell, born September 3 1847 in Kentucky, served three years in the Union Army and enlisted at 16.
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Leonard B. Powell
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Powell
Kentucky
Leonard Powell
Real tragedies guide gun laws and ends of talk
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues the gun control debate should focus on immediate violence and real casualties rather than extreme scenarios. He cites multiple recent shootings across US cities, urging action over fear driven rhetoric.
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Trotter
Leonard Pitts Jr
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