Greensburg rebuilds face leadership gaps after tornado
Greensburg leaders step down amid recovery with Mayor Lonnie McCollum resigning to focus on family and differing rebuild views. Council President John Jannsen will serve as mayor as debris cleanup targets 120 properties by June 15. City officials plan selective removal, with costs added to property taxes. Residents rally to lead renewal, hoping for innovative, characterful renewal of the town they treasure.
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Greensburg
Lonnie McCollum
Marsha Klein
Kinsley
Haviland
John Jannsen
McCollum
Preventive approach to health care costs gains traction
Washington analysis outlines a shift from financing debate to preventing and managing chronic diseases. Emory professor Thorpe and Mark McClellan push a cross party coalition, citing 75 percent of costs and seven of ten deaths from chronic conditions. Vermont pilots electronic records, copay-free preventive care, and public health campaigns to lower costs and expand coverage.
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Washington
Bill
Hillary Clinton
Ken Thorpe
Emory University
Thorpe
Mark McClellan
Partnership To Fight
American Academy of Family Physicians
NAACP
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
New Hampshire
Iowa
South Carolina
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Barack Obama
John Edwards
McClellan
Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Arkansas
Mike Huckabee
America
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Bias in Crime Reporting and White Victim Narratives
Leonard Pitts Jr argues that media bias claims around the Knoxville crime reflect white victimhood rhetoric. He cites studies showing blacks and Latinos are underrepresented as victims and overrepresented as perpetrators, contests claims of white-on-white neglect, and criticizes white supremacist rallies linked to the case.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Channon Christian
Christopher Newsom
Christian
Newsom
Duke
Central Park
Michael Oliver
Oliver
Leonard Pitts Jr
Miami Herald
Public Forum Letters on Speed and Immigration Policy
Two letters discuss speed limits and driving behavior in Lawrence with comparisons to Chicago and New York, praising politeness and caution while noting dangerous tailgating and violations. A second letter argues to enforce immigration laws, oppose amnesty, and support in state tuition for in-state students, urging no broad deportations.
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Elizabeth Black
Lawrence
Pulse
Chicago
New York
Washington, D.C
Bill Venner
U.S. Senate
Senate
U.S
Amnnesty
Robert Hinton
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Lawrence Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dennis Anderson
Joe Chris Bell
A Bonner
Ext Ciembrand
Dan Lox
Mediapharmedia
Ann Gardner
Bill Snead
Caroline Trowbridge
the World Company
Sixth and
Carrel
Smart
Kansas
P.O
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons III
Ralph Gage
Davidbroder
Washpost
Spitis
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