Kansas lawmakers contact details and district offices
Area legislators Rep Mike Amyx Rep Lance Neelly and Senators Marci Francisco and Tom Holland are listed with district numbers, room locations at the State Capitol in Topeka, and phone numbers for Lawrence and Topeka offices. Web addresses provide official senate or house pages.
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Barbara Ballard
44Th
State Capitol
Topeka
Lawrence
Barbara.ballard
House
Mike Amyx
Mike.Amyx
Dennis
Boog” Highberger
Boog
Highberger
Christina Haswood
Christina. Haswood
Lance Neelly
Lance.neelly
Marci Francisco
Marci.Francisco
Senate
Tom Holland
Mike Thompson
Culture war debates shape Kansas public education landscape
Sharon Hartin Iorio argues culture wars extend into K 12 civics and history teaching in Kansas. She urges local school boards to review curricula with community input, balancing diversity with patriotism while cautioning against partisan overreach and rushed reforms.
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America
Kansas
How to Make the Rich Pay More in Taxes
ProPublica reveals ultrawealthy taxpayers pay little income tax relative to net worth. Proposals include wealth taxes, higher corporate rates, a national consumption tax, and a retroactive capital tax. Experts warn constitutional and practical challenges, but advocate layered reforms to curb tax avoidance by the very rich.
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ProPublica
The
Washington Post
Joe Biden
Elizabeth Warren
D-Mass
Supreme Court
Tesla
Taylor Swift
Internal Revenue Service
Facebook
Uncle Sam
Mark Zuckerberg
Biden
Warren Buffetts
William Vickrey
University of Chicago
Daniel Hemel
Catherine Rampell
Washington Post News Service & Syndicate
Public forum letter praises American liberty over China policy
Rob Hudson of Lawrence compliments Mona Charen’s column on Communist China’s family planning, arguing Americans enjoy greater human rights and government respect for individual choice and would not regulate personal reproduction.
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Mona Charen
China
America
Rob Hudson
Lawrence
Letters to the Editor Guidelines at LJWorld
Signed letters accepted under 250 words and must include name address and telephone. Submissions via email at letters@ljworld.com.
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Ljworld.com
Wheat harvest begins as Douglas county records modest, abundant crop
Lawrence Daily World notes wheat harvest has started in Douglas county with modest acreage but promising yield. Burglaries report at Mrs Hartman’s near the Santa Fe depot. A couple on bicycles suspected of eloping toward Junction City with a man armed. Baptist youths to Ottawa for Chautauqua. Central College at Enterprise closes uncertainly, echoing a rush for universities in small towns. Mike Lane fined for disturbing the peace. J A Goodwin fined for vagrancy.
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Lawrence Daily World
Douglas County
Junction City
The
Baptist Church
Ottawa
Central College
Enterprise
Lane University
United Brethren Church
Lecompton
Mike Lane
J. A. Goodwin
Lane
Goodwin
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Lawrence City Commission
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Lawrenceks
Courtney Shipley
Jennifer Ananda
Jananda
Lawrenceks.org
Lisa Larsen
Llarsen
Stuart Boley
Shpley
City Hall
Sixth St
Douglas County Commission
Shannon Portillo
Sportillo
Douglascountyks.org
Shannon Reid
Sreid
Patrick Kelly
Massachusetts St
Lawrence School Board
Kelly Jones
Erica Hill
Ehill
Carole Cadue-Blackwood
Melissa Johnson
Mjohnson
Shannon Kimball
Gordon-Ross
Gr.gordon-Ross
Paula Smith
McDonald Drive
U.S
Kansas House Education Committee
Steve Huebert
U. S
Sharon Hartin Iorio
Wichita State University College of Education
Sharon Iorio
Sarah Parsons
Journal- World
Chad Lawhorn
Kim Callahan
Allison Tait
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