Capitol Notebook highlights politics and arts in Kansas
Capitol Notebook reviews immigration talk with Rep Carlos Mayans and demographer Ann Durkes, school consolidation debate by Rep Bill Mason, arts funding appeals by Tish Rogers, a cartoon critique of tax plans, a tax hike polling update across Chanute and neighbors, and a Greensburg theft involving a 1986 Oldsmobile and a Pioneer sweatshirt with work gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Mayans
Wichita
House
Kansas
Ann Durkes
Bill Mason
Tanner
R-Baldwin
Nancy Niles-Lusk
Iola Register
Johnson County
Bill Graves
Kent Glasscock
Senate Education
Dwayne Umbarger
Thayer Republican
Chanute
Parsons
Coffeyville
Baxter Springs
Oswego
Senate
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Topeka
Downtown Ottawa needs retail shops not offices, says Sheila Chesbro
Sheila Chesbro of Ottawa urges splitting downtown into two districts dividing offices from retail. She argues most Main Street spaces are occupied by lawyers doctors and insurers with few shops, citing Lawrence as a model with a vibrant retail mix. She backs Virginia firm findings and calls for more restaurants and merchandise stores to attract locals and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Main Street
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Radio Shack
Virginia
Sheila Chesbro
Ottawa, KS
Kansas must change training for teachers
Opinion argues Kansas must require high school teachers major in an academic discipline rather than education. It urges liberal arts majors, mid career professionals, and subject mastery to meet rigorous standards, criticizing current pedagogy focused training and high attrition in teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Education
House
Ralph Tanner
Brenda Landwehr
State Education Department
State School Board
Bush’s tax cut fantasy amid reality checks
A caustic critique of Bush’s 2003 budget rhetoric, accusing him of magical thinking. The piece argues his claim of funded priorities, debt reduction, and a $1.6 trillion tax cut rests on phantom surpluses and implausible forecasts, while warning of layoffs and rising costs. It mocks past-tense claims and calls for restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
Washington
En Espanol
Gener
Sweet
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