Editorial on Kansas budget stalemate and leadership void
The Kansas Legislature lurches toward a budget clash as conservatives duel for control and leadership gaps undermine stable policy. Gov Brownback proposes higher cigarettes and sales taxes while preserving many business tax exemptions, signaling whether compromise will emerge or deepen partisan rifts. Kansans seek steady, forward budgeting beyond election pressures and think-tank influence.
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Kansas House
Senate
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Universities hinder free speech in campus culture
Washington column argues free expression on campuses is under attack from professors and administrators who curate campus atmosphere. It traces historical ideas about history and agency, cites Croly and Rauch on coercive schooling, and critiques trigger warnings and entitled safety culture shaping students toward intellectual comfort over challenge.
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Judith Shulevitz
New York Times
Herbert Croly
Kirsten Power
Jonathan Rauch
Greg Lukianoff
The
Foundation For Individual Rights In Education
Lukianoff
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Trust and policing clash over racial bias in Madison
Madison police chief Michael C. Koval urges citizen input and community oversight to reform policing. He defends progressive policing, acknowledges bias, and calls for public engagement while addressing the shooting of An thony Robinson Jr. and trust gaps with the community. Leonard Pitts Jr. cites ongoing tensions after the Kenny shooting.
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Anthony Robinson Jr
Robinson
Dane County
Ismael Ozanne
Kenny
Michael C. Koval
Eally
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Tracy
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