Edison Plan Sparks Union Lawsuit in Wichita Schools
The United Teachers of Wichita sue the school district to halt converting Isely and Ingalls elementary schools into Edison Project schools ahead of the new year. The suit argues illegal changes due to unsettled contract talks, while advocates push Edison as a path to broader educational choices and improved teacher performance.
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Guest Editorials Present Varied Reader Opinions
The Herald presents guest editorials offering diverse viewpoints for readers. Views expressed are not necessarily the newspaper's positions or endorsements.
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Government contact details for U S representatives and offices
A compact listing of contact addresses and telephone numbers for national and state government offices including President Bill Clinton, U S Sen Pat Roberts, U S Sen Sam Brownback, U S Rep Jim Ryun, and Gov Bill Graves with their Washington D C and Kansas offices and phone lines.
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Hart
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Topeka
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State Capitol
Budget deal praised and derided in mixed verdict
Don Kaul argues the budget accord is superficially balanced and unfair to different groups. He questions the tax cuts for capital gains, defends higher house gains thresholds, and notes the deal delays a true balanced budget while offering limited gains for younger generations. He remains agnostic on its national impact.
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Paul Wellstone
Senate
Texas
Phil Gramm
The
Washington Post
George Bush
Don Kaul
Otcoffee
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Chicago
Leave property alone says Ottawa reader letter
A Franklin County reader criticizes County Planning Director Don Slone for overreach on land use. The writer argues property owners should decide what to do with their land, cites high taxes and bad housing, questions permits, and calls Slone cowardly for threatening county action.
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Don Slone
Ottawa
Franklin County
Death penalty views spark reader debate on justice
A reader letter argues for matching punishment to crime and questions tax funding for lifelong imprisonment in a budget climate. The writer condemns capital punishment yet supports deterrence and cost considerations, urging signed submissions for the Reader Forum.
Wake-up call on Fed debt and a 1 percent consumption tax
Framing the federal debt as a product of the privately owned Federal Reserve, the author argues tax revenue goes to interest, urges abolition of the Fed and the IRS, and calls for downsizing government and a 1% consumption tax. Noting quotes from McFadden Patman and Shoemaker, the piece casts the budget as solvable by constitutional money reform.
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