Divorce study debunks myths about children and family impact
Kathleen Parker questions a Michigan study claiming divorce is not catastrophic for children and that parental conflict and economic loss are overstated. The column critiques the small sample, notes fatherlessness and poverty concerns, and argues divorce remains a major life event with lasting effects.
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America
University of Michigan Institute For Research On
Institute
Abigail J. Stewart
Psychology
Michigan
Stewart
Rail-trail debate returns to Congress over property rights
John D. Montgomery notes that Congress should review 1983 rail-trail legislation and determine private property rights under the Fifth Amendment while still supporting trail development. He cites the Prairie Spirit Rail-Trail expansion and the broad national shift to convert abandoned rights of way into public trails amid ongoing owner compensation questions.
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Jim Ryun
Congress
Ryan
Kansas
Ottawa
Richmond
Anderson County
U.S. Supreme Court
John D. Montgomery
Shared space plan for Franklin County shop facility
Franklin County and the city discussed sharing space in the Franklin County maintenance shop at their monthly meeting. The city considers building a new shop while the county has under utilized space, a move that could save taxpayers money. The note emphasizes intergenerational programs and efforts to merge services across urban and rural communities. Dorothy Nichols applauds officials for dropping turf barriers and sharing more tax dollars.
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KOFO
Franklin County
South Cedar
Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa
Ottawa Middle School
Fifth and Main
Metro-Plains
Dorothy Nichols
Government contact list for federal and state representatives
A roster of contact details for President Bill Clinton and U.S. Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, plus U.S. Representative Jim Ryun, Gov. Bill Graves, and Attorney General Carla Stovall. It includes addresses in Washington, D.C. and Topeka, Kansas, with telephone and fax numbers for public comments and inquiries.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Fox
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
Washington
D.C
S. Kansas
Topeka
Overland Park
Jim Ryun
Cannon
Hob
Ryun
Quincy
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kansans weigh local option on corporate hog farms
In 1994 SB554 let counties choose on corporate hog farms and dairies, sparking debate over rural impacts. By 1997 many counties had voted no, Hodgeman resisted Murphy Farms 14,300 hogs, and debates questioned corporate farm exemptions and state law. Letters from families Against Corporate Takeover and local educators dispute editorial coverage.
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Democracy In Action
Seaboard Farms, Inc
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Hodgeman County
North Caroli
County News
Robin Jennison
House
Murphy Farms Inc
Asia
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