Harsh Pratt impact eyed as agency merger gains push
Ottawa Republican Sen Jim Allen predicts a merger of the Fish and Game Commission with the Parks and Resources Authority will pass this year aided by Gov Mike Hayden. He calls it a necessary step despite Pratt move concerns and tensions over leadership and headquarters. Ostmeyer notes long opposition but sees potential sportsman support. Hayden favors a bipartisan commission and moving education division to Topeka, sparking Pratt city worries about losing state government presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Allen
Ottawa Republican
Fish and Game Commission
Parks and Resources Authority
Allen
Mike Hayden
John Ostmeyer
Fish and Game
Colby
Hayden
Pratt
Topeka
Kansas seeks repeal of 95 year old prevailing wage law
Kansas contractors and local officials press a Senate committee to repeal the 95 year old prevailing wage law. The bill would allow bids reflecting true labor costs, arguing current rules inflate public project costs while unions say the wage rule ensures quality work. Senator Gus Bogina notes higher costs to taxpayers and urges honest bidding to save money and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Senate
Labor, Industry and Small Business Committee
Gus Bogina
Renexa
Joint Committee On State
Emporia State University
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1986
Publication notice lists monthly and yearly prices for Ottawa area Franklin County and surrounding counties and other regions, with in-state and out-of-state adjustments and tax details. Includes staff roles and post date of July 1 1986.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Franklin County
Good Credit Bad Problems Economic insight on national debt from Kansas State
May 12, 1986 interview with Kansas State University economics professor Lloyd Thomas explores why national debt need not be paid off. He compares government debt to corporate debt, warns about runaway inflation, and discusses Gramm Rudman, balanced budgets, and the politics of deficit spending under Reagan and Bush.
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Lloyd Thomas
Kansas State University
Thomas
Reagan
United States
Gramm- Rudman
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Bush
Martin Feldstein
Harvard
Feldstein
Feld
Covering Walls A Trial For Art Idiot
A nonfiction humorous essay recalls a Saturday gallery visit to fill a blank living room wall. The narrator fumbles through art talk, airily praises a birdlike painting, and balks at the price before deciding to shop calendars instead.
Labor Pragmatism Shapes AFL-CIO Endorsement Hope
The AFL-CIO shows divided yet pragmatic posture for 1988, learning from Mondale’s 1984 missteps. COPE seeks early action but favors evaluating Biden Hart Gephardt Cuomo and Dukakis, delaying a single endorsement while preserving influence and candidate room to breathe.
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Labor
Mondale
Bob Georgine
Building Trades
Afl-Cio
Hart
Senate
Jesse L. Jackson
Jackson
Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education
COPE
Biden, Hart
Richard Gephardt
Missouri
Mario M. Cuomo
Michael S. Dukakis
New York
Massachusetts
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Ottawa Herald
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Jim Hitch
Beethoven
Sistine Chapel
Time Magazine
Uncle Chester
Chicago
Albert
al’ Zbygniewski
Roykeo
Bal Harbour
Fla
Organized Labor
Walter F. Mondale
Sen
Joseph R. Biden Jr
D-Del
Aflcio
Biden
Gary Hart
Democratic Party
David
Broder
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