Regents mishandled ex chancellor payout at Kansas
Editorial notes the Kansas Board of Regents approved a 510 041 annual salary for former Chancellor Bernadette Gray Little as a special adviser after resignation. It questions lack of public vote, suggests open meetings law violations, and calls the half million dollar pay a misleading, unseemly public trust breach.
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Max Kautsch
Kansas Press Association
Journal- World
Kansas
Kautsch
Gray Little
After the Fact warns of a future of audio image fakery
Leonard Pitts reviews Nathan Bomey's book After the Fact, arguing that digital manipulation will soon let voices be paired with false recordings. He notes social media shifts gatekeeping to individuals, rising cynicism, and global spread of misinformation. He urges stronger journalism education to teach source validation.
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Nathan Bomey
Bomey
Africa
United States
New York Times
Facebook
Sri Lanka
Hillary Clinton
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
May 10 history moments include golden spike and Ticonderoga
On May 10 anniversaries mark the completion of the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Utah in 1869. Ethan Allen and Green Mountain Boys with Benedict Arnold seized Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. Jefferson Davis was captured in Georgia in 1865. J Edgar Hoover named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924. Nazis staged mass book burnings in 1933.
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United States
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Green Mountain Boys
Col
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Ticonderoga
N.Y
Jefferson Davis
Irwinville
Georgia
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Turn over jail vote
A reader undecided on a sales tax vote cites support for mental health funding but doubts the jail portion. They distrust county leaders recalling a Kris Kobach controversy and recount a bail-out experience. They note Americans for Prosperity opposes the measure and argue groceries already carry high tax. Ernie Fantini, Lawrence.
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Lome
Americans For Prosperity
Koch Brothers
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Lawrence
Public forum on stadium upgrades for KU football
Richard L. Warrick criticizes focusing on venue upgrades rather than fixing the team. He argues attendance projections are flawed and predicts at most three wins next season citing weak schedule and poor play.
Privilege reframed in a pro detention reform letter
A former staff chaplain argues for balanced justice in a letter to the editor. Lee Rader, a longtime juvenile and women’s prison chaplain in Missouri and Kansas, supports a Yes vote on Proposition 1 while urging privileges for the incarcerated, such as re-entry access, mental health units, and safer, larger county jail facilities to aid rehabilitation and public safety.
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Lawrence
Missouri
Kansas
Lee Rader
District representation urged for city needs
A reader argues that homeowners remain financially strained as city departments run deficits and tax abatements favor builders. They urge dividing the city into five districts with one commissioner each to reflect local needs from North Lawrence to 31st Street. Letters can be mailed or emailed to the newspaper.
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Lawrence
P.O. Box
Lawrence KS
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Keegan questions KU stadium renovation spending
Tom Keegan questions Kansas University priorities in a May 4 column criticizing a reported 300 million dollar budget for stadium renovations, arguing high costs raise questions about use of funds and public interests.
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