Call for timeout in KU medical merger talks
Editorial urges Kansas lawmakers or the Kansas Board of Regents to halt the proposed KU School of Medicine and KU Hospital merger with St Luke's Hospital amid secret planning and questions about benefits to Kansas. The piece notes lack of outreach to KU doctors and leaders, potential conflicts with cancer care leadership, and calls for scrutiny before Gov Sebelius's term ends.
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Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University School of Medicine
KU Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
Barbara Atkinson
Medical School
Robert Hemenway
Bill Hall
Hall Family Foundation
Kansas City
Irv Hockaday
St. Luke’s
KU Medical Center
State of Kansas
Atkinson
Hemenway
Hall
Hockaday
Greater
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Truman Medical Center
Midwest Research Institute
Stowers Institute
Ku-St. Luke’s
Kansas City Cancer Center
Roy Jensen
Kansas House
Melvin Neufeld
Board of Regents
Reggie Robinson
Regents
Irene Cumming
Kansas Medical Society
Robinson
Cumming
Neufeld
Medical
KU Medical School
Kathleen Sebelius
Caution: Too much lobbying can harm vaccine trust
Ellen Goodman argues that excessive lobbying and political maneuvering around Merck's Gardasil risk undermining public health. She notes strong safety and efficacy, FDA approval, and bipartisan debates, urging balanced policy and clear opt out provisions to protect girls and women from cervical cancer.
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Boston
Merck
America
Elias Barr
Family Research Council
Tony Perkins
FDA
Rick Perry
Texas
Darling
Perry
Nellie
Gardasil
Glaxo- SmithKline
Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
Kansas Senate panel considers enrichment fund for faculty pay
Old Home Town notes from the Lawrence Daily World dated March 2 1907 report the Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee proposing to use funds from classified staff salaries to augment university faculty wages and the end of session option to add to a 7.5 percent raise at the state regents schools. Also mentions Union Pacific planning a 30 stall rail road roundhouse in Topeka YMCA efforts for a summer field and caution about mixing whisky and coal tar tablets with doctors warning of danger.
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Kansas Senate
Ways and Means
Senate
State Regents
Lawrence Daily
Union Pacific
Topeka
YMCA
Missouri and
Henry
Public Forum Bizarre Debate in Kansas Min Wage Talk
Lawrence reader Jim McCrary criticizes Topeka debates on a Kansas minimum wage bill. He mocks references to Karl Marx and European socialist labels by lobbyists and Rep. Hodge, decrying outlandish public statements and wasted taxpayer money.
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Kansas
Topeka
State Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Glendening
Karl Marx
Journal-World
Benjamin Hodge
Marx
Glendening
Hodge
Groucho Marx
Europe
Heritage Foundation
Jim McCrary
Lawrence
Bullying Inference Sparks Criticism From Rain Quinlan
Rain Quinlan criticizes Tuesday’s piece for implying stigma by stating Dylan Theno’s non homosexuality while listing insults used against him. The note argues sexual orientation does not justify bullying and cites higher bullying rates among gay and lesbian teens.
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Dylan Theno
Dylan
Rain Quinlan
Lawrence
Consensus on growth guides Lawrence's future spending
Michael Levy argues Feb 28 column that city spends on consultants and large libraries without public consensus. He urges defining community goals first, then planning growth and investments, to avoid wealth-producing projects that miss the majority and to foster local spending. He warns against builder coalition influence and favors honest consensus.
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Michael Hoeflich
Hoeflich
Lawrence
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