Salary cuts target high earners in Kansas higher education
Editorial opposes a 7.5 percent salary cut for Kansas lawmakers and state employees earning over 100000. It argues the plan harms top researchers at KU Medical Center and could derail grant funding, urging tailoring to avoid damaging key state interests.
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Kansas University Medical Center
National Cancer Center
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Pothole Push Reduces Damage on Lawrence Streets
Lawrence city reports fixing over 400 potholes last week as sustained cold weather reduced freeze thaw damage. A $168000 road crew tool sprays a chip seal like substance into potholes, a faster longer lasting fix used by KDOT and larger cities. Private parking lots remain a problem after heavy snow melt.
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Lawrence
Kansas Department of Transportation
Old Home Town in 1911
From the Lawrence Daily Journal World dated February 23 1911 the Kansas House spent most of yesterday on the long good roads bill by the committee on good roads and public highways It requires township trustees to place posts at forks of state and county roads with inscriptions showing directions and distances to nearby cities or towns.
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Lawrence Daily Journal- World
Kansas
Committee On Good
Egypt could foster Mideast democracy says Rubin
Trudy Rubin argues Egypt's revolution, led by Tahrir Square crowds, could guide the Arab world toward democracy. She notes Mubarak era stagnation, youth grievances, and the military’s interim role, stressing need for parties, free media, and citizen participation to sustain reform.
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el Ghad
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Ahmad Badawy
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Wisconsin’s Walker stands firm on union fight in Madison
Cal Thomas argues that Governor Scott Walker mirrors Coolidge and Reagan, facing union pressure over Wisconsin’s budget and debt. He cites PATCO and Boston strikes as precedent, says Walker’s stance could define a national GOP leadership moment, with unions pressed to concede or risk broader political consequences.
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Coolidge
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National Safety
Reagan
Bill Clinton
Wisconsin
Scott Walker
Madison
Walker
Obama
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Illinois
Fox News
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Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Public Forum Letter on Wisconsin Budget Protests
Jeremy Martin of Lawrence argues the editorial omits Governor Walker s early executive actions and budget office findings that austerity measures are unnecessary. He says the Journal World misleads readers by labeling the governor s actions as courage.
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Wisconsin
Gov. Walker
Journal-World
Jeremy Martin
Lawrence
Editor questions homeless center fate and new site idea
In a public forum letter Dennis Barritt argues the homeless center will stay until its April permit expires and city leaders may clear it from the streets. He criticizes moving the shelter near the Douglas County Jail and endorses relocating to vacant Ninth and Delaware space near downtown services.
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Business Park
Loring Henderson
John Tacha
Ninth
Delaware
Dennis Barritt
Lawrence
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