Kansas pushes sobriety checks in fight against drunken driving
The Kansas Highway Patrol and local agencies press the You Drink and Drive You Lose campaign with sobriety checkpoints and penalties to deter DUI. Despite efforts, many motorists still drive after drinking. Authorities note designated drivers err by drinking, while penalties include fines up to 2500 dollars and possible jail or community service. ignition interlocks and vehicle impoundment after DUI convictions are in place.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Reader Forum sub missions seek signed letters to editor
The Ottawa Herald invites reader opinions in the Reader Forum. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Send letters to Reader Forum, The Ottawa Herald, 104 Cedar, Ottawa KS 66067 or email letters@ottawaherald.com. Letters should be under 400 words and may be edited for space.
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List of U S Political Offices and Contacts in Washington and Kansas
Public notices provide a roster of congressional offices and state representatives. The list includes President George Bush White House Washington and several Kansas officials with office addresses topeka and contact numbers for Sen. Roberts Brownback Ryun Gov. Sebelius and state legislators Tyson Holland Feverborn Humerick Dreher.
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Hart Senate
Roberts
Senate
U.S
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Jim Ryun
Rayburn House
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Kathleen Sebelius
State Capitol
Topeka
State
Robert Tyson
Feverborn
Joe Humerick
Humerick
Stanley Dreher
Dreher
Kansas Conservatives Eye Inside Spending Shifts
Kansas conservative Republicans await Attorney General Phill Kline’s moves as he pursues crime and sex related reforms. The bets focus on funding shifts to popular social programs over outright budget cuts, potentially molding policy from within rather than cutting overall spending. Martin Hawver notes potential ulterior motives and the political calculus shaping state government.
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Kline
Kansas City
Health Midwest
Hospital Corporation of America
Johnson County
Wichita
Lems
Railsters
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Capitol Report
Thomas and Bush era bias on affirmative action
Donald Kaul critiques Clarence Thomas and the affirmative action debate sparked by a University of Michigan Law School ruling. He argues Thomas uses racial rhetoric to defend merit and mocks the idea of ongoing racial disadvantage while noting Thomas himself benefited from affirmative action. The column labels Thomas’s stance as chutzpah and calls for more objective critique.
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Yale Law
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Supreme Court
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Senate
Yale
Aktor School of Law
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Bush
Donald Kaul
Washington
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