Kansas lawmakers weigh slamming bill to curb long distance switching
Kansas legislators consider a bill to require written customer authorization before long distance service switches. Local carriers would receive signed releases, a move critics call burdensome while advocates frame it as protection. The Kansas Corporation Commission reports over a thousand complaints of slamming in three years. Sprint and AT&T push for strict rules alongside expected FCC action. Consumers would gain stronger control over their service choices.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
At&t
Sprint Long Distance
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Government contact list for officials and offices
A compiled contact guide listing leaders and offices including Bill Clinton White House addresses and phone lines for comments, U.S. Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback with Topeka and Washington addresses, U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun, Gov. Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, and state offices in Topeka and Overland Park with phone numbers and faxes. The page provides direct lines for public requests and feedback.
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Abesident
Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylven, Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Topeka
Frank Carlton
S.E. Quincy
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
S. Kansas Ave
W. 95Th
Overland Park
Jim Ryun
Cannon, Hob
Washington
D.C
Ryun
Quincy
House.gov
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Clinton as Entertainment Icon in American Life
George B. Pyle argues that the Clinton presidency is valued for entertainment value rather than governance. He contends Americans seek fantasies in leaders, fueled by sex scandal discourse, while conservatives miss the point about government’s role beyond personal scandal.
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Clinton
Hollywood
Kennedy
Johnson
Tennessee Williams
Nixon
King Lear
Carter
Andy Griffith
Reagan
Bush
Bill and
Hillary
Michael Jordan
Dan Quayle
George B. Pyle
Salina
Gpyle
Saljournal.com
Franklin Countians aid stranded motorists on I-35
Readers praise two kind strangers, Linda with Franklin County truck tag, who helped Tom McKenzie, Vicki, and Tara travel from mile marker 200 to 95th and I-35. They then reached Wellsville for a tow and groceries, praising the Good Samaritans’s timely aid.
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Kansas City
Linda
Franklin County
95Th
I-35
Wellsville
Tom
Vicki
Tara McKenzie
Emporia
Reader Forum guidelines for Ottawa Herald letters
Readers may submit signed letters up to 500 words. Include full address and telephone number. Send to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or email letters ottawaherald.com.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Madame C J Walker and Black History Figures Spotlight
Madame C J Walker (1867 1919) became a pioneering black American businesswoman with a haircare line and cosmetics for black women. Her factory by 1919 occupied a city block employing over 300, while others like Phyllis Wheatley and Bill Pickett are noted for cultural impact during Black History Month.
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Madame C.J. Walker
Rodierga
Rock
Massachusetts
Phyllis Wheatley
Senegal
Africa
United States
Bill Pickett
Watching Tucker's Execution Change My Ordinary Life
Kathleen Parker reflects on Karla Faye Tucker's execution and the moral shock of watching a death so close to home. She describes a kitchen scene, family interruptions, and the unsettling realization that she participated in a death by watching and processing the event from her ordinary life.
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CNN
Karla Faye Tucker
Supreme Court
Tucker
Karl
Ulate
Texas
George W. Bush
White House
Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
Karla Faye
Kathleen Parker
Orlando Sentinel
Kparker
Kparker.com
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Karla Tucker
Kathleen
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Tribune Media Services
Doonesbury
Ananer
ARS
ANG I
Mallard Fillmore
Uwe
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