Court diversion programs gain traction in Kansas cities
Douglas County officials study San Antonio's mental health diversion as a model to steer nonviolent offenders with mental illness into treatment. Wichita and Topeka already run mental health and alternative sentencing courts since 2009 and this year, with state grants to expand crisis-response teams. Officials say such programs reduce jail costs and improve outcomes, suggesting local adoption could benefit public safety and lives.
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Duglas
San Antonio
Texas
Kansas
Wichita
Topeka
Wichita Municipal Court
Shawnee County
Douglas County
Florida walkers tour to San Francisco in 1915
Francis P. Coffin and Arthur M. Hays of Jacksonville Florida undertook a cross country walk from Jacksonville Y M C A to San Francisco with Reverend Fred Ainsley hosting them at 1111 Vermont street. They averaged twenty five to thirty miles daily during the journey noted in the Lawrence Daily Journal World on June 7 1915.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Francis P. Coffin
Arthur M. Hays
Jacksonville
Florida
Fred Ainsley
Vermont Street
Jacksonville Y. M. C. A
San Francisco
Fair
Rush and Rushes: Normalcy Under Fire in Jenner Debate
Leonard Pitts Jr argues that Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Caitlyn Jenner reveals a defensive fear of deviation from social norms. He notes America’s shift left on moral issues, with Jenner’s debut highlighting the pressure to redefine normal.
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Tokyo
Limbaugh
Bruce Jenner
Jenner
Caitlyn
Obama
Ellen DeGeneres
David French
The
National Review
Vanity Fair
Miles Davis
Steve Jobs
Rosa Parks
Stan Lee
Sally Ride
Muhammad Ali
Elvis Presley
Caitlyn Jenner
Gallup
America
Rush
The Mule and the Age Rules of a Rural Huddle
George Gurley recalls a winter day in Baldwin City when a gaggle of nieces and nephews, led by Oliver and Clare, clashed in a playful age hierarchy. The boys and girls chase freedom in a field, driving a child friendly Mule, fishing the pond, and ending with Thomas’s adventurous roll and the adults’ beer break.
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Helen
Charlotte
Clare
Oliver
Speed Demon
Danica Patrick
Thomas
George Gurley
Baldwin City
The
Journal-World
Kansas Renewable Portfolio Standards repeal sparked debate
Public Forum notes the Kansas Renewable Portfolio Standards required 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 and boosted jobs and land lease payments. It reports that the Legislature and Gov Brownback repealed the RPS, replacing it with a voluntary goal, amid claims from business groups and think tanks that distort wind costs.
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Kansas
RPS
Siemens
Hutchinson
Westar Energy
Ninnescah
Brownback
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Americans For Prosperity
Kansas Policy Institute
APS
Kansas Corporate Commission
Caleb Hall
Lawrence
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Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Julie Wright
Kathleen Johnson
Ann Gardner
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Newspapers Division
Scott Stanford
Matt Walsh
Glenn Beck
Blaze
Mike Huckabee
Leonard Pitts Jr
Miami Herald
Miamiherald.com
Chattanonga
Ijworld.com
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