ImmigrationPolitics and Wage Debates Highlight Kansan Voices
The piece surveys immigration security measures, border staffing, technology use, and wage policy. It cites Greg Orman, Pat Roberts, and Randall Batson on border control, economic impacts of raising the federal minimum wage, and alternative state or local approaches to wage policy. It notes increases in border agents since 2004 and discusses proposals shifting wage decisions to states or regions.
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Greg Orman
Washington
Roberts
U.S. House of Representatives
Department of Homeland Security
Lynn Jenkins
New York City
Washington, D.C
San Francisco
Atchison, Lawrence
Baxter Springs
Wathena
New York
Congressional Budget Office
Pat Roberts
Kansas
Wichita man gets 25 years for brother revenge murder
James Well Holloman, 32, sentenced to 25 years after a 2010 killing of Stephen H. Smallwood outside Perfection Auto Shop. Witnesses testify Holloman acted over his brother Sammy Smith’s 2009 death. He had previously served a 12 year federal term for weapons violations and conspiracy to commit robbery.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
James Well Holloman
Wichita Eagle
Holloman
Stephen H. Smallwood
Perfection Auto Shop
Smallwood
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