Students expose unqualified Pittsburg principal and resilience of press
In Pittsburg Kansas the Booster Redux reporters questioned incoming principal Amy Robertson hired March six. Their inquiries revealed inconsistent credentials and Robertson resigned by April. The editors faced pushback but pursued truth, highlighting due diligence, skepticism, and the role of student journalism in democracy.
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Editorial Opinions From Guest Editors Published
Readers are invited to consider a range of viewpoints in guest editorials. Views expressed reflect individual contributors and may not represent The Herald or its editorial staff.
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First Amendment text recognized in Constitution terms
A concise statement of the First Amendment restricting government action. It outlines limits on establishing religion, prohibiting free exercise, restraining speech and press, and ensuring assembly and petition rights. The clause protects individual freedoms and limits government power in civil discourse and civic action.
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Kansas liquor law clash tests 6 percent beer push
The Kansas Legislature faces a tense struggle over allowing convenience and grocery stores to sell stronger 6 percent beer while liquor stores seek to protect their market. A compromise would permit liquor stores to diversify up to 20 percent of revenue with non liquor items and keep licenses from expanding to wine or hard liquor for a decade. Martin Hawver notes the clash between grocers, liquor stores, and lawmakers as session winds down.
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Dissent and Local Politics in Kansas Letter Response
A reader commends local businesses Price Chopper and the Cosentino family for supporting brick and mortar commerce and a gypsy nursery in their parking lot. The note contests Ron Kimes’s earlier letter about legislative coffee meetings and defends robust, even loud, public discourse as essential to democracy.
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Readers Debate Medicaid Expansion and Voting Tactics
A Reader Forum letter from Ottawa argues that a $1.8 billion Medicaid expansion could boost Kansas economy, with hospital and job ripple effects. It questions health coverage for farmers and critiques state fiscal decisions, voter integrity actions, and university funding, urging civil debate.
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Ottawa
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