Tompkins Named Kansas Education Commissioner Amid Budget Pressures
The Kansas State Board of Education chose Andy Tompkins, interim dean at Pittsburg State University School of Education, to lead the state education department. He brings a passion for student success, deep understanding of district financial pressures, and a bottom-up consensus style to balance tight budgets and classroom needs.
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It s Your Quarter proposes local government access on channel eight
A citizen asks Ottawa officials to add city commission, school board, and county meetings to It s Your Quarter channel eight so residents can watch. He raises rails to trails questions about surface, funding, maintenance, fencing, patrols, fees, and weed control, urging officials to answer.
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We Want Finney Back and Statehouse Overhaul
A reader pledges a complete statehouse reset, laments speed and concealed gun laws, asks who will pay higher taxes if citizens are dead or maimed, and urges former Gov Finney to return while voicing Democratic family alignment and criticism of local highway curves and country performers.
Spring Fever And Yard Work Delays At New Kansas Home
A Kansas homeowner laments the slow arrival of spring, noting bare ground and muddy yards at a newly built house. He schedules yard seeding, imagines trees for shade, recalls difficulties with a Bradford Pear transplant, and hopes for grass and warmer days despite ongoing cold snaps. He cherishes landscaping while dogs and family await greener grounds.
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Women as politicians, yet women bosses examined
The piece analyzes a Gallup Poll across 22 nations where a majority want more women in politics but fewer in executive roles. It argues women face double burdens at work, with mothers and single mothers doubly stretched, and suggests public office could drive workplace policy to ease these pressures.
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Contact details for Kansas lawmakers
A list provides addresses and phone numbers for U S Senator Bob Dole and Senator Nancy Kassebaum and Representative Sam Brownback in Washington D C. It includes Hart and Russell Senate Office Buildings and Longworth House Office Building plus main and fax numbers.
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Coyote in Chicago drive way prompts wary yet calm view
A Chicago area resident recounts spotting a coyote in his driveway and seeking expert input. Wildlife biologist Jim Chelsing notes coyotes have been present for about 15 years in local preserves, mostly nocturnal and feeding on small animals. the sighting is unusual but not dangerous, and coyotes typically avoid people.
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