Criticism of sex offender registries questioned by Hays Daily News
The Hays Daily News questions why sex offenders are singled out for public lists while acknowledging other criminals like murderers and drug dealers who may reoffend. It argues registration relies on offenders, raises liability concerns, and questions the effectiveness of current laws and publishing duties led by Attorney General Carla Stovall.
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Carla Stovall
KBI
Hays Daily News
State controls on local tax lids spark veto call
The piece argues state rules cap local property tax levies, exempt eight spending types, and allow local referendums to exit the lid. It condemns Topeka for dictating local budgets, saying inflation and local needs aren’t knowable from the capital, and calls for a veto of the bill.
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Best
Topeka
Lola Register
Bill Graves
Throw Cheaters Out of School Says Maryland Letters
Vickie Hull argues against reward discounts for non cheaters at the University of Maryland. She cites academic integrity cases, high tech cheating trends, and warns degrees from cheaters erode trust. Business owner Evelyn Boney endorses discounts regardless of honesty.
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University of Maryland
Meryle Freiberg
Maryland School
Maryland
Evelyn Boney
Ms. Boney
Vickie Hull
Lawrence
Rail trail maintenance fight spurs calls for HB2711 enforcement
Reader warns Kansas wildlife and parks must maintain fences along the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail under HB2711 for fiscal year 1998. They urge landowners to complain to senators or representatives if requests are ignored, noting funds are now available for upkeep from Ottawa to Iola. Dale E. Anderson Garnett.
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Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Prairie Spirit Rail Trail
W&p
Ottawa
Iola
Kansas
Baloney
Dale E. Anderson Garnett
Government contact details for Kansas officials in 1990s era brief
A compact list of contact points for federal and state representatives and officials. Includes President Bill Clinton at The White House, Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback in Washington and Kansas offices, U S Representative Jim Ryun, Governor Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, with addresses and phone numbers for Topeka, Overland Park, and Wichita areas.
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Bill Clinton
The
White House
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Washington
D.C
Fox
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
Kansas
Ava
Topeka
Overland Park
Jim Ryun
Cannon
Hob
Ryun
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathlayn Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
NPR commitment mirrors our grandparents embrace of radio
Bridget G. Fitzwater narrates how NPR preserves radio’s promise of imagination and culture for isolated and rural listeners. The piece traces public broadcasting history from the 1920s through the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, praising NPR’s noncommercial programming and its role in education, journalism, and family life.
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National Public Radio
NPR
Radio
Kansas
del Lewis
Lewis
Alaska
Public Broadcasting Act
Edward R. Murrow
Public Radio
Dick Estelle
Bridget G. Fitzwater
Mound City
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Mallard Fillmore
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Goop Evenine
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