Vidricksen proposal eyed as tax moratorium alternative
State Sen. Widricksen, Salina Republican, urged a one year halt to tax cuts this year arguing it would address a short term revenue gap while preserving commitments to public education universities and highways. Gov Graves outlined further needs including funds for elderly disabled and mental health services amid budget pressures and 108 million in required cuts over 20 months.
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Ben Vidricksen
Salina
Graves
Senate
Dick Bond
Overland Park
Widricksen
Neighbor questions 40S-59 route and prison site near Ottawa
Reader Roy Dunn raises concerns about a proposed 40S-59 corridor near his family farm at 2900 Reno Road. He argues it could justify a future prison site while suggesting widening and lighting changes to Highway 59 for Ottawa and nearby towns. Gretchen Kille.
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Stafford Road
Reno
el Dorado
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Franklin County
Reno Road
Roy Dunn
Ottawa
Sandcreek Road
Lawrence
Gretchen Kille
Tobacco settlement urged to fund Kansas tobacco control
The American Cancer Society urges Governor Graves to allocate at least one third of tobacco settlement funds to a comprehensive plan in Kansas. The plan would fund education, research, and cessation programs to prevent youth tobacco use and help adults quit, citing past health costs.
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Kansas
American Cancer Society
Graves
Paul Murphy
Kansas City
Political Contact Details Listing
A fragmented OCR listing includes names and addresses for U S political figures in Washington D C and Topeka Kansas. It shows offices for President Bill Clinton and various state officials with phone numbers and room numbers amid unreadable portions.
Populist echoes in Seattle critique of global capitalism
The piece argues that Pat Roberts and Dan Glickman push global trade to benefit large corporations like Boeing, Cargill and Sprint, leaving farmers and workers behind. It links 14th century mobs to modern elites and notes farm consolidation, seed monopolies by Monsanto and DuPont, and rising farm sales concentration. It cites Pew findings on income and trade support, protests, and the enduring Populist spirit.
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Pat Roberts
Dan Glickman
Seattle
Wat Tyler
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Leckless
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Morgan
Hill
Frick
Boeing
Cargill
Sprint
Roberts
Glickman
House Agriculture Committee
England
America
Roberts, Glickman and Associates
Pew Research Center
Monsanto
DuPont
World Trade
World Trade Organization
William Jennings Bryant
Elian Gonzalez and the politics of his fate
Kathleen Parker argues that Elian Gonzalez’s fate is being shaped by U S interest and media spectacle rather than the child’s best interests. She contends the Cuban government supports the father and warns against removing the boy from his biological parent for American comfort and symbolism.
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Elian Gonzalez
South Florida
Elian
Cuba
Atlantic Ocean
U.s.-Cuba
United States
Juan Miguel Gonzales
Los Estados Unidos
Cuban American National Foundation
Fidel Castro
Castro
Bay of Pigs
America
Disney World
Florida
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Bill Fagerborn
de Topeka
Cked Sneldon
Student Council
Kangag
David Awbrey
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U.S
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Orlando Sentinel
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Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
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