Medicaid Reimbursement Cuts Hurting Kansans Across Care Network
The Big Tent Coalition warns that Gov. Parkinsons 10 percent Medicaid reimbursement cut worsens caregiver wages and home care viability. Families face reduced respite and dental care, possible nursing home placement, and lost federal matching funds as nursing homes limit admissions. Legislators must weigh personal hardship against state finances.
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Letters Policy For The Journal World Public Forum
The Journal World invites letters under 250 words of public interest and asks writers to avoid name calling and libel. It reserves the right to edit without altering viewpoints. Submissions must include name address and telephone number and may be mailed or emailed to letters at box 888 Lawrence KS 66044 or letters ijworld com.
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Democrats press for more government in DC schools
George Will argues Democrats push dependency on government through school funding and health care schemes. He warns that expanding public programs, including vouchers and public option health care, erodes individual choice and increases reliance on government across education, health, and finance.
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Old Hometown Years Ago at KU Medical Center and Local News
Administrators from the Kansas University Medical Center urged the Kansas Board of Regents in 1985 to press for state funds to renovate animal care facilities, worth over 1 million dollars to achieve accreditation. A Nevada judge allowed a Las Vegas supplier of culture kits under investigation in five states to continue operations for cosmetics. Lawrence official Frank Sullivan, Kansas insurance commissioner since 1947, announced he would not seek re election, with Fletcher Bell likely to run. The 1910 Lawrence Daily World notes 19 high school students suspended for fraternity membership, with reinstatement contingent on denouncing the group, and William Allen White to speak at the KU Club banquet in New York.
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All Children and the Burden of School Closings
A letter to the editor questions who counts as all children in school closure debates. The writer challenges burden sharing and urges affluent readers to sacrifice for less fortunate students, asserting their own children will be fine but insisting broader concern for vulnerable youths.
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Public Forum Urges Kansas Ethics in Speaker Role
Michael K. Kelly argues Gregg Ventello and Lawrence For House Speaker Mike O Neal must avoid private litigation against Kansas. Kelly cites ethics guidance from Santa Clara University and warns that defending private clients harms public trust and wastes state funds, urging O Neal to decline such cases or step down.
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Mike O'Neal
Kansas
Kansas House of Representatives
Markkula Center For Applied Ethics
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