Mainstream Coalition forms in regional spread of centrist Republicans
Editorial discusses Franklin County and surrounding areas hosting a Mainstream Coalition branch that promotes reasoned, moderate politics and separation of church and state. Originating in Johnson County in 1993, it seeks to survey candidates, distance religion from government, and gauge local political winds amid GOP splits.
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Franklin
Anderson
Linn
Johnson County
Kansas House
U.S. House
Kansans urged tax simplification through 27 percent plan
From editors yrean fans should hope that the House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer and the House Democratic caucus push a tax-simplification idea. The plan links state income tax to 27 percent of federal liability, eliminating complex state rules and new regulations, aiming to ease compliance and address inequities in the current code.
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Housse
House
Tom Sawyer
Wichita
Kansas
State Department of Revenue
Sawyer
Letters to the Editor Guidelines Highlighted
Readers are urged to submit signed letters with full address and a telephone number for verification. Unsigned notes will not be published and editors welcome correspondence to ensure accuracy.
Public health: a lasting shot in the arm for America
Franklin County Health Department celebrates Public Health Week with a review of public health gains over the past century. The piece highlights vaccines, lead exposure reduction, disease surveillance, and ongoing challenges such as teen pregnancy, violence, and funding pressures amid calls for stronger collaboration and sustained prevention efforts.
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Mary Wiederholt
Franklin County Health Department
Arena
United States
Americas
Kansas
Ottawa Kansas Child Care Conference Shines
Sherry Englebert reports a successful Ottawa event with 235 attendees from across Kansas. Local businesses and volunteers backed the “Bright Hopes for a Bright Future” conference, highlighting community support, university and press involvement, and plans for ongoing effects on child care in the area.
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Harper, Ulysess
Medicine Lodge
Patricia Gallagher
Sirloin Stockade
Ottawa
Kansas
Ottawa University
Kathy Jones
Screen and Holler
Sherry Engelbert
County Commissioners Stand Against Rail-Trail Pressure
A reader praises Gardner Hayden and Tom Weigand for opposing rail-trail land seizures, warns about government confiscation of private property, questions future maintenance and tax losses, and criticizes the Garnett grand opening crowd and spending.
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Franklin County
Gardner Hayden
Tom Weigand
Garnett
Tax Fight Over 35-Mills School Tax Sparks Local Debate
Property owners push back against a perceived blank check for schools without voter consent while retirees urge contacting representatives. They criticize grant funds and advocate converting federal grants, like Kansas receives over 853 million, into school programs amid plans for bond funding to repair and build facilities.
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Kansas
It's Your Quarter: Education First or Rails-to-Trails Debate
Reader letter questions funding for SPIRIT and ECKAN grants, arguing education funding and local regulations, rail-trail projects, and militia rights. It compares costs of housing refurbishments in Ottawa and Waverly, urges public input, and warns against political and civic divisions. The piece ends with a call to share opinions via a nightly call-in line.
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ECKAN
Waverly
Spirit
Ottawa
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