Education proposal draws fire in Ottawa area resistance
In Kansas the House tentatively approved a measure defining essential public school subjects and deeming art music drama and sports optional. Critics fear tightening the definition may sideline counselors nurses and statutorily required arts credits while backing a $157 million school finance package funded by higher taxes. Local music director Darrell McCune warns the Senate to oppose narrow standards. supporters say the measure defines a "suitable education" Kansas must provide and could face a final vote today.
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Ottawa
Kansas House
Darrell McCune
Senate
Mod
Erate
Mike O'Neal
Hutchinson
O'Neal
Kansas
Stanley Dreher
Iola
Franklin County
Central Heights
McCune
Army survey finds low morale and high stress among U S soldiers in Iraq
The first in theater mental health survey shows 52 percent report low personal morale and 72 percent unit morale. Seventeen percent are functionally impaired from stress or trauma, with only a third of those seeking help receiving it. Poor conditions and ongoing insurgency worsened distress.
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Robert Burns
Washington
Iraq
Virgil J. Patterson III
Kuwait
Patterson
Unborn Victims of Violence Act advances to president
The Senate approved the Unborn Victims of Violence Act by 61 to 38, expanding federal crime law to protect a fetus harmed during an assault on a pregnant woman. Supporters say it advances a culture of life while opponents warn it could redefine legal personhood and affect Roe v. Wade.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Tony Perkins
Conservative Family Research Council
Bush
Esk
Naral Pro-Choice America
Kate Michelman
Supreme Court
County Commission Chairman Taylor seeks new term
Commissioner Ed Taylor, first-term Second District Republican, filed for re election to Franklin County Commission. He cites CHIP road expansion and a ramped up paving program, plus growth pressures and water sourcing as key issues for the rural county. He plans county administrator move only with broad public support.
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Ed Taylor
Taylor
Ottawa
Franklin County
Franklin Country
Douglas
Johnson
Melvern Rural Water District
Kansas Association of Counties
Taylor Surveying
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The
Ottawa Herald
East 15Th Street
Rock Creek
Kansas Department of Transportation
Dreher
Lauria Sisk
Incla
Okla
Clayton Coss
George P. Washburn
Coss
Tony Jones
Ottawa University
Bill
County Commission
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