District balance in Kansas redistricting should strive for equity
An editorial argues for tighter population equality in Kansas House and Senate districts, urging lawmakers to aim for zero deviation like U.S. House districts. It notes a recent 5 percent tolerance approved by the House Redistricting Committee, discusses urban rural shifts, and warns current rules may worsen district imbalance over the next decade.
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Ansas
Kansas
U.S
House
Anthony Brown
Eudora
Hodgeman County
Lawrence
Manhattan
Douglas
Riley County
Caryn Tyson
R-Parker
Rep. Brown
Military hotline could head off Gulf conflict
Trudy Rubin warns that Iran US tensions risk a gulf war without a direct military hotline. She notes past near misses, calls for an updated Incidents at Sea Agreement, and political hurdles as Congress weighs a Pentagon review and leaders press for better Tehran communication.
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Obama
Iran
Strait of Hormuz
Persian Gulf
U.S
Tehran
United States
U.S. Navy
Washington
Barbara Slavin
U.S. Central Command
John Abizaid
Adm
William “Fox” Fallon
George W. Bush
Wall Street Journal
Islamic Republic
Mike Mullen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Mullen
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
New York
Gulf
Revolutionary Guard
Ali Fadavi
Republican Guard Navy
White House
Trita Parsi
Parsi
Congress
Pentagon
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Wolf Round Up Planned in Kaw Valley News
From the Lawrence Daily Journal World January 18 1912 the Kaw Valley CPA orders a wolf roundup for Saturday January 20 inviting all to assist. Boys under sixteen barred from guns no rifles larger than 22 caliber and no dogs allowed. Participants to assemble by 9:30 AM to move on the wolves.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Kaw Valley
Wakarusa
C.P.A
Plan ahead for east end of Bob Billings Parkway
Bill Mitchell of Lawrence urges editors and planners to expand 15th Street to four lanes east of Iowa and link with Naismith Drive to handle anticipated traffic before widening the west end of Bob Billings Parkway. He argues for forward planning beyond the next fiscal cycle.
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Journal-World
South Lawrence
Bob Billings
Kansas University
University
15Th Street
Malott Gateway
Malott Squeeze Chute
Iowa
Naismith
Bill Mitchell
Lawrence
Marines Urinate on Taliban Dead Sparks Afghan Controversy
A video shows four Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters, triggering international condemnation. The incident fuels debate over military conduct and political correctness amid ongoing Afghan chaos and fierce counterinsurgency operations.
Public Forum on War and Moral Questions
A Marine Vietnam veteran defends the Marines who killed three enemy combatants and criticizes U S policy. He denounces political correctness in war, questions congressional motives, and urges accountability to the public while defending veterans right to express views on the Taliban and Afghanistan. Curtis D Bennett.
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Taliban
Congress
Afghanistan
War
Curtis D. Bennett
Lawrence
No more harassment of snowy owls in Kansas this winter
A Jayhawk Audubon Society letter urges observers to give snowy owls at Clinton Lake space to avoid stressing and weakening birds driven south by food shortages. It calls for ethical viewing and promotes Kaw Valley Eagles Day at Free State High School on Jan 21 for safe raptor viewing.
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Kansas
Clinton Lake
Kaw Valley
Free State High School
Susan Iversen
Jayhawk Audubon Society
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the World Company
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Dan C. Simons
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Dan Cox
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Old Home Town
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