Redistricting Battles Delays in Kansas Congress Map
Kansas lawmakers struggle on a nine month task force to cut five districts to four as population growth lags. The Senate and House race to redraw lines stirs maneuvering with Franklin County shifted to the Fourth District and McPherson into the First. Incumbents gain as challengers stall. voters face negligible direct effect while politics dominates the process.
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Kansas
State House
Senate
Kansas House
House
Senate Legislative and
Congressional
Franklin County
Johnson
Wyandotte
Douglas
McPherson
Dick Nichols
Pat Roberts
Bill Graves
Ottawa High Students Back Prevention Drive for Prize
Ottawa High School groups Teenport and Students Against Drunken Driving push a life saving project funded by hard work and a $1000 prize. They partner with Clearasil and national SADD for a week of anti drug messages, radio spots, posters, assemblies, and safety belt checks. Community notes and handwritten thanks are urged to support the effort and bolster a decade of lives saved by SADD activities.
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Ottawa
OHS Teenpon
Teenport
SADD
Clearasil
Kofo Radio
Stardust
Jellybean
Teenporn
Mark Martin
Steve Mackey
United States
Ottawa High
Barbara Whitacre
Donna Cole
Roger Burgoon
Kansas Congressman's House Bank Stand Endorsed by Editor
Editorials from The Lawrence Journal World and University Daily Kansan praise Dick Nichols R Kansas for rejecting the House bank system. They argue accountability matters and demand openness, noting the contrast with other lawmakers and highlighting roll call vote thresholds in both chambers.
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Lawrence Journal-World
House Bank
U.S. House Bank
Dick Nichols
R-Kansas
Nichols
McPherson
Kansas Bankers Association
Congress
Kansan
Topeka
Senate
House of Representatives
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Savage Inequalities and the brutal reality of public schooling
Jonathan Kozol profiles harsh inequalities in American education. He tours East St. Louis and Chicago, noting dilapidated schools, outdated labs, low graduation rates, and high dropout figures. The piece contrasts inner city funding with suburban wealth, cites officials who claim money won’t fix it, and highlights social costs including higher prison costs.
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Jonathan Kozol
America
Kozol
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Calcutta
Soweto
Chicago
New Trier
North Lawndale
Bennett
Illinois
Jim Thompson
Chicago Tribune
Inner City
Nixon
Cubs
New York
The
Wall Street Journal
Winnetka
Bush
Phillips Academy
Candem
N.J
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Midweek Review
By Jay Bemis
Ottawa Herald
Associated Press
John McCormally
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