Editorial: Kansas hog farms risk survivability and environment
Guest editorial argues Kansas should address hog factory harms beyond ownership issues. It warns crowding hogs harms environment, disease risk, and future pork production while urging careful state action to protect hogs and public interests as factory farming expands.
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Kansas
America
Salina
Government contact list for Kansas officials and offices
A compendium of addresses and phone numbers for federal and state officials in Kansas. Includes U S Sen Pat Roberts Sam Brownback U S Rep Jim Ryun Gov Bill Graves Attorney General Carla Stovall Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius State Reps Feyerborn Tanner and others with Topeka and district office locations and contact lines.
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Hare
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Washington, D.C
Fox
Topeka
Frank Carlson
S.E. Quincy
Parm
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
Kansas Ave
W. 95Th
Suite 245
Overland Park
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Topsfe
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest
Bill Feyerborn
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Sleep Loss and Fatigue Hit Everyday Life
Vickie Hall, a Lawrence columnist, riffs on chronic sleep deprivation affecting work, parenting, and daily routines. She cites sleepy drivers and lost productivity, with humorous anecdotes about kids, late TV, and wakeful phone calls. The piece ends with a note on her own nightly struggle and bears a witty tone.
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Vickie Hall
Lawrence
No Change in By Laws for Six-County Waste Plan
Reader urges Franklin County commissioners to vote no on Herzog landfill in Peoria Township. Describes earlier regional study finding no need for landfill, concerns over tonnage, traffic, potential spills, and shared county responsibility if abandoned. Calls residents to press officials.
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Herzog
Peoria Township
Franklin County
Peoria
Franklin County Commission
Lake Region Authority
Lake Authority
Wichita
Kansas City
Reader Forum submissions welcome at Ottawa Herald
Letters to the Reader Forum must be hand signed with author address and telephone, and sent to The Ottawa Herald 104 S. Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or emailed to letters ottawa herald com Submissions should not exceed 500 words.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Franklin County’s lax approach shields drug crime and vandalism
A critical reading portrays Franklin County as offering plea deals and probation for drug offenses, diversion against penalties, and little jail time, while citing a vandalism incident and alleged inaction from Mr. Wright’s office as example of the system’s leniency and taxpayer costs.
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Franklin County
Mr. Wright
Privatize Social Security Says Tax Writer Martin Larson
A columnist argues Social Security is misnamed off budget and underfunded and calls for privatization via individual retirement accounts. He cites low returns for baby boomers and negative returns for some groups, urging readers to pressure Congress in an election year.
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Congress
Social Security
Ious
Martin Larson
The
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
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