Lawmaker pushes for new Kansas school financing plan
Rep. Mike Farmer of Wichita earns credit for pressing the Legislature to form a 16 member task force to craft a new school finance system. The measure targets 2002 to deliver recommended legislation, sunset current law in June 2002, while Gov. Graves already sets a citizen task force with a report due this December.
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Wichita
Mike Farmer
Farmer
House
Appropriations Committee
Bill Graves
Graves
Wichita Eagle
Capitol notebook highlights lawmakers and school choir
Syracuse High choral director Rick Mathias led the House session with a performance by Syracuse Singers on a three day tour. Sen Ben Widricksen, a prostate cancer survivor, returned to the Senate after a Mayo Clinic checkup. Rep Ward Loyd admires Heinlein. Tim Huelskamp cited Tom Osborne's political appeal and a World-Herald poll. Paper plates prompt talk on nutrition funds for the elderly. Kansas Mental Health Coalition pushes voter registration and mental health coverage. A pterosaur fossil bill languishes as the session winds down.
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Harris
Syracuse High School
House of Representatives
Rick Mathias
Mathias
Syracuse High
Gary Hayzlett
Rlakin
Syracuse
Statehouse Rotunda
Hays
Ransom of Tribune
Ben Widricksen
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Senate
Salina
Bat
Ward Loyd
R-Garden Ty
Thomas Jeffers
Robert A. Heinlein
Tim Huelskamp
Omaha and Herald
Tom Osborne
World-Herald
Melvin Neufeld
Rengalls
Kansas
Neufeld
Kansas Mental Health Coalition
Statehouse
Elizabeth Adams
The
Alliance On
Adams
Eber Phelps
D-Hays
Contact list of government officials in Topeka and Washington
A fragmented OCR snippet provides addresses and phone numbers for President Clinton, Pat Rabari, Sam Brownback, Governor Graves, State Senator Robert Tynan, and Ralph Tannar among others in Washington D C and Topeka Kansas. It includes building names like Hart Senate Office Building and State Capitol and lists various contact numbers.
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Clinton
White House
Shington
D.C
Whitehouse. Gov
Washington, D.C
Bi Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
Governor
Wpo
State
Robert Tynan
Family reflections as a dad battles illness and time
A speaker recalls a large, loving family shaped by strong parents and diverse siblings. His father, a WWII Marine, is hospitalized with kidney and heart issues, sparking gratitude and a renewed sense of mortality. The story follows family roles, near misses, and the desire to keep loved ones close as time advances.
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NFL
Rick
Kathy
Texas
Nancy
Michigan
Mom
Dad
W.w.ii
Tarawa
Pacific
Woodlands
Bob
Katy
Summer
Senators Brownback and Roberts Vote on First Amendment Limits
Opinion piece criticizes Kansas Senators Brownback and Roberts for opposing campaign finance reform and supporting a flag desecration amendment. It argues the votes protect powerful interests and Expresses that the measures threaten free speech and dilute individual rights. The piece lauds Mitch McConnell for opposing both measures and calls constitutional amendments a recurring, flawed vehicle for reform.
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Pat Roberts
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Brownback
Roberts
Fritz Hollings
D-S.c
Congress
Sen
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
McConnell
Hollings
House
Senate
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Vern
Ottawa Herald
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Pyle
Albanse
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Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
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