Tolls spark debate over SLT funding and access
Kansas Department of Transportation pledged 192 million for the SLT completion but toll funding drew mixed reactions. Deb Miller outlined toll scenarios to charge motorists using the road to bypass Lawrence while keeping local access free. Officials weigh costs, interchanges, and survey data to determine if tolls will fund a Bob Billings Parkway interchange and affect west Lawrence traffic dynamics.
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Shawnee
Topeka
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U.N. funding cuts spark debate over U S policy and UN rights
Miami Herald interview with Ban Ki moon notes U S lawmakers propose voluntary funding to the United Nations, triggering criticism of UN member actions. Ban emphasizes U N work on peace and development while critics point to Cuba Saudi Arabia Iran and North Korea in UN bodies. Human Rights Watch warns against isolationist moves, urging engagement to push rights reforms.
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Ban Ki-moon
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
R-Fla
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United States
Cuba
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Syria
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U.N. Rights Monitoring Group
Israel
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Cote d'Ivoire
Human Rights Watch Global
Peggy Hicks
House
Brazil
South Africa
India
Washington
Andres Oppenheimer
Latin America
The
Miami Herald
KU funding mix 2010 reveals underfunded university
Kansas University revenue data shows tuition 20 percent and state appropriations 22 percent of total. At the Lawrence campus tuition revenue nearly doubles state support, and unrestricted income lags as contracts grants and gifts fulfill most funds. The piece argues for increased tuition and state appropriations to protect teaching.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Mike Hoeflich
Kansas University School of Law
Collision on Winthrop Street Involving Gardner and Wetzel
Lawrence Daily Journal-World reports a near miss collision near Winthrop and Massachusetts as Dr. H S Gardner and Geo Wetzel met head on. Wetzel was thrown from his bicycle but no bones were broken and no internal injuries were found after he was taken home.
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H. S. Gardner
Winthrop Street
Massachusetts Street
Geo. Wetzel
Wetzel
Public Forum: Ballot Power for Grass Roots Action
In a letter from Kirby Hayes of Lawrence the author warns that neglect of the poor and rising poverty threaten national strength. He argues leadership and industry profit at the expense of justice, urging the ballot box and peaceful demonstrations as the only powers citizens possess.
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Lawrence
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Kirby Hayes
Whole picture of causes behind the numbers
Gary Blevins critiques Paul Atchley statements in the Journal-World urging that numbers alone do not prove cause and effect. He argues that countless simultaneous factors such as wars, famines, epidemics, tech advances, education shifts, birth rates, climate, and global economic and political swings can influence outcomes, making snapshot data incomplete.
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Paul Atchley
Journal-World
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Gary Blevins
Lawrence
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