Roberts and Orman appeal to eastern Kansas moderates
In Prairie Village and surrounding areas, incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts and independent challenger Greg Orman pitched closing messages to moderates in eastern Kansas. Roberts highlighted bipartisanship with former Sen. Bob Dole, while Orman urged Kansans to vote for independence from party gridlock.
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Voters Skeptical Of Brownback Tax Reforms In Kansas Race
In Manhattan Kansas Governor Sam Brownback fights to persuade voters that bold tax cuts sparked a rebound while facing a close contest with Democrat Paul Davis. Critics point to lagging private sector growth and a projected 2016 budget shortfall as Brownback defends the plan.
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Prairie history surrounds visitors at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas offers an immersive view of a vanishing landscape once covering 140 million acres. Only 4 percent remains, mostly within Flint Hills 11,000 acres. Trails like the Southwind Nature Trail reveal the prairie’s former expanse, and the site also includes a late 19th century ranch historic site.
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Story and Trails Note
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve offers free admission with a year round daily open park. The visitor center sits two miles north of the U S 50 and Kansas 177 intersection. The Southwind Nature Trail paths past a 1880s Spring Hill Bar Ranch site and a one room schoolhouse used 1882 to 1930, highlighting the human impact on tallgrass prairie through history and a reminder of earlier natural cycles of fire rain and grazing.
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