Editorial urges repair, backs Kansas tax plan for maintenance
The Kansas Board of Regents backs a plan to raise state revenue by 0.1 percent sales tax and 1 mill property tax to cover a $598 million backlog in university building maintenance. The plan could raise $15 billion over 15 years, with a 10 year sunset on the sales tax, facing political resistance and concerns about past budgeting and upkeep. Major state offices in Topeka also show disrepair, prompting calls to prioritize maintenance or accept higher costs.
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News lifeline after Katrina shapes Biloxi memory
Leonard Pitts Jr recalls poststorm Biloxi as a wilderness where the Sun Herald stack became a beacon. He notes Knight Ridder investors press for sale amid profits, while editors defend journalism as mission and journalists muster aid for victims and exhausted crews.
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YMCA Building Nears Occupation In Lawrence 1905
The Lawrence Daily World notes the new YMCA at Eighth and Vermont is nearing occupancy with a full set of facilities including locker rooms a swimming pool bowling alleys and a heated pool for year round use. The three story building offers 22 rentable bedrooms for members priced at 5 to 8 dollars monthly and welcomes young ladies on Wednesdays.
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Judy Miller
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Kansas
Comanche the Little Bighorn horse a KU symbol of shifting history
KU celebrates Comanche the Battle of Little Bighorn survivor, kept at Dyche Hall, as a lens on manifest destiny and Plains transformation. The horse endured 20 bullets, was saved for the university, and now faces a westward display that frames both exploitation and stewardship of the Great Plains. Leonard Krishtalka of the Biodiversity Institute provides context on the exhibit’s message.
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