Local food stamp cuts threaten meals for families this season
Editorial urges support for Just Food and LINK as federal food stamp reductions reduce benefits for a family of four by 36 dollars monthly, totaling about 27 meals fewer per month. Impacts Douglas County 31,886 missed meals monthly for 8,659 recipients, including 3,500 children, with rising demand in holidays.
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Douglas County
U.S
Lawrence
Just Food
Old Home Town The Kansan shifts to student control
The University Daily Kansan enters a three week period of student management as the Department of Journalism assumes charge. The change follows ongoing friction between the Kansan board and the journalism department after past attempts to keep the paper a true student publication.
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Kansan
Department of Journalism
Kansan Board
Cash for Clunkers exposes progressive policy failures
George Will contends that the Cash for Clunkers program demonstrates the fragile gains of progressive policy. The piece cites a Brookings study on GDP impact, consumer behavior, and distributional effects, noting high costs per job and limited environmental benefits. It links the program to broader health care and education policy debates, warning of overreach and credulity.
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Barack Obama
HealthCare
Obama
Ted Gayer
Emily Parker
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Parker
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Galpin Motors
Los Angeles
Common Core
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Tea party faces tough path after Virginia loss
The Virginia governor race exposed risks in a pure tea party approach as Republicans lost the swing-state vote. Christie’s New Jersey win showed moderates matter, while GOP rifts and battles in Mississippi and Texas signal ongoing factional struggles shaping the party’s 2016 outlook.
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GOP
Tom Davis
MSNBC
Ken Cuccinelli
Cuccinelli
Chris Christie
New Jersey
Christie
Barack Obama
NBC
Kelly O’donnell
Washington, D.C
Hillary Clinton
Michael Steele
Mississippi
Chris McDaniel
U.S. Senate
Thad Cochran
Texas
David Barton
John Cornyn
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Dallas Morning News
Public Forum Opposes Inverness Wakarusa Roundabout
Arliss Stebbins of Lawrence argues against building a roundabout at Inverness and Wakarusa citing perceived lack of past accidents and peak traffic times. He favors a traffic light for better handling during busy periods and questions long term cost savings and adaptability for changing traffic patterns.
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Wakarusa
Commissioner Farmer
Harvard
Monterrey Way
Quail Run
Arliss Stebbins
Lawrence
City consider approval for new multi story building
Comptonville area plans include a multistory structure at New Hampshire and Ninth under construction. City Commission approves the project on Massachusetts Street while renaming the city to Comptonville remains pending. Larry Day Lawrence.
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Ninth
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Comptonville
Larry Day
Lawrence
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