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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 2004
Page
2
Russell Simmons, hiphop impresario, states that rappers need not fear backlash because no one agrees with their message, so they are free to speak up. The remark reflects on artistic risk and public reception in early 2000s rap culture.
In late November House Republican leaders pressed for passage of a historic Medicare prescription drug benefit while administration officials prepare a budget projection. The 10 year cost is now expected to reach 594 billion dollars, higher than CBO estimates. The piece notes political maneuvering and calls for tough fiscal choices to restore credibility.
The Hutchinson News reports Governor Kathleen Sebelius misreads a sales tax schedule used to fund education. She claims a four tenths point increase from 5.3 to 5.7 as the plan’s result, while Republicans note the rate was set to fall to 5.0 in 2006, raising questions about whether voters see this as a tax increase or continuation. Sebelius says she didn’t know the rate was supposed to drop.
Guest editorials present opinions from readers beyond The Herald staff. Views vary and do not necessarily reflect the newspaper or its editors.
The First Amendment prohibits government establishment of religion and protects free exercise, speech, and press. It guards peaceful assembly and the right to petition the government for grievances. It limits Congress from enacting laws infringing these rights.
Opinion piece denounces the Super Bowl halftime incident as vulgar while arguing broader cultural decline. It targets CBS MTV FCC and President Bush, urges turning off vulgar TV and cites social ills from poverty to debt and immigration as more important issues.
A provocative argument weighs two futures: if the Iraq War and Bush policies succeed, the economy grows, health care improves, and the nation rises to global leadership. if they fail, deficits soar, inflation spooks investors, and education and environmental harms deepen, threatening the country’s future.
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