Editorial: Kansas should explore a major airport option
The Kansas governor argues Kansas could gain economic benefits by exploring a competing or replacement airport project after stalled talks on renovating Kansas City International. Kansas City traffic growth, a 2015 economic impact of 5.02 billion dollars, and airline preferences for a single terminal frame the debate amid public funding concerns.
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Unison Consulting Inc
Los Angeles
Chicago
Las Vegas
New Orleans
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Old Home Town Years Ago in 1917
Lawrence Daily Journal World reports from February 14 1917 that James Knoles a University freshman from Kingman is quarantined with a mild smallpox case isolated on the hospital third floor after a measles misassignment. Delta Tau Delta house closed fumigated and vaccination for members underway. Also notes an offered $100000 art collection from Mrs. W B Thayer pending campus appropriation for a new Fine Arts building with KU favored. collection would illustrate history and design development and comes from an Emery Bird Thayer associate family member.
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University Hospital
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What Flynn Told the Russians About Sanctions
Washington witnesses debate Flynn's pre inauguration talks with Russian ambassador Kislyak and whether sanctions were discussed. Republicans press for full accounts and FBI inquiry while Flynn faces questions over misleading statements and trust within the White House.
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California
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Syria
Astana
Kazakhstan
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David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
History Snippets: Key February Moments Across Ages
On Feb 14 1967 Aretha Franklin recorded Respect in New York. The Ranger carried the Stars and Stripes to France in 1778. Polk became the first sitting president photographed in 1849. The St Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred in Chicago in 1929. In 1989 Khomeini urged Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie over The Satanic Verses.
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Respect
Atlantic Records
New York
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France
James K. Polk
U.S
Matthew Brady
Chicago
al Capone
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Salman Rushdie
Double standard in 1993 Cabinet nomination row
The text recalls Zoe Baird’s 1993 nomination as first female U S attorney general and her dismissal after she admitted employing two undocumented workers and not paying their Social Security taxes. It contrasts her case with Kimba Wood, who had also employed an undocumented immigrant as a nanny and paid taxes, but faced less backlash.
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Bill Clinton
Baird
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Clinton
Clinton White House
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Wood
White House
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Linda Chavez
Guatemala
Chavez
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Bush White House
Donald Trump
Huntington Post
Andrew Purder
Purder
IRS
California
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Puzder
Puzder Nomination Echoes Past Labor Secretary Controversies
Mark Shields argues that Andrew Puzder faces the same moral scrutiny as Zoe Baird Kimba Wood and Linda Chavez did when nominated for labor secretary. He notes Puzder’s denial of immigrant worker issues and urges the Senate to demand accountability and full compliance with labor civil rights and immigration laws.
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U.S. Senate
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