Technical trends in Kansas postsecondary enrollment shifts
Editorial notes a fall regents report showing a 7.91 percent increase at six technical schools led by 26.3 percent at Washburn Institute of Technology while universities dip slightly and community colleges fall. It suggests Lawrence leaders may push expansion of technical training to align with job needs and local interest in practical skills.
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Lawrence
Washburn University
Topeka
Flint Hills
Manhattan Area
Northwest Kansas Technical Colleges
North Central Kansas Technical College
Washburn Institute of Technology
Washburn
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence School District
Doomsday Machine talk colors debt ceiling debate
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius compares Herman Kahn’s fictional Doomsday Machine to today’s debt ceiling brink. He argues both sides risk escalation to a default, urges a Versailles-like bargain with confidence measures, and calls for Obama to pressure Boehner toward compromise to avert financial catastrophe.
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Herman Kahn
Soviet Union
Kahn
U.S
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Versailles
Obama
Boehner
Pakistan
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
Older Kansans seek restored services at forum
Letter writers thank six officials and about 50 participants at a legislative forum on Oct 2 addressing funding cuts to mental health, food programs, and the Lawrence Senior Center. They oppose blocking Medicaid expansion, note Kansas 60 plus population rising to 25 percent by 2030, and urge restoring services to aid seniors, parents, and workers. A second letter questions city wide rental registration and inspection program expansion.
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Legislative Forum
Douglas County Coalition On Aging
Kaw Valley Older Women’s League
Lawrence-Douglas
Laura Bennetts
Pattie Johnston
Douglas County
Citywide rental inspections urged for health and safety
Candice Davis argues the public forum focuses on single family neighborhoods while rentals in multi family areas lack inspections. She calls for a citywide rental registration and inspection program that matches 12 year standards, supports landlords, protects tenants, and improves living conditions for all.
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City Commission
Candice Davis
Lawrence
Community praises LANP field trips to nature for Central sixth graders
Gary Anderson and Susan Iverson of the Jayhawk Audubon Society thank Sandy Sanders and LANP volunteers for seven years of free nature trips for more than 5,000 students, parents, and teachers. The program links USD 497 students with local ecosystems and partners across the Lawrence area including KU and Haskell.
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Great Pictures
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Bob Hagen
Jayhawk Audubon Society
Elizabeth Schultz
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JAS Education Committee
USD
Lied Center
Kansas _ Biological Survey
Kansas University
Baker University
Haskell Indian Nations University
Sandy
Jas
Draft bill for Clinton Park way funding advances to Congress
A preliminary draft to fund Clinton Park way moves to local officials and then the U S House. Rep Larry Winn cites a 5 million expenditure reflecting updated costs due to inflation since 1971 bicycle path and noise barrier requirements by Interior and EPA. An extra 12 million to finish Clinton Reservoir tops the McArk River Basin Association water project list for fiscal year 1975.
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U.S. House of Representatives
U.S
Larry Winn
R-Kan
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection Agency
Clinton Reservoir
Kansas
McArk River Basin Association
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