Editorial on Senate term limits and party stance
Editorial argues the Senate may vote on term limits this week after Ashcroft forced a vote by attaching it to Cuba sanctions. It notes House failure, freshmen GOP reluctance, and Dole's timing, urging public knowledge of senators' positions ahead of elections.
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U.S. Senate
John Ashcroft
Missouri
Bob Dole
U.S. House
Ashcroft
America
Dole
Cuba
Congress
Capitol Hill
Jim Hitch
Its Your Quarter Rant on Domestic Violence and Cable Views
A citizen argues DV is two way and cites Ottawa police reports on women hitting spouses. The writer praises resurfacing on 15th Street east of Ottawa and criticizes MTV as harmful. They suggest blocking MTV via cable and invite community input by phone during call hours.
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Ottawa Herald
15Th Street
Ottawa
Contact details for Kansas political representatives listed
A reader provided names and contact information for U.S. and Kansas state government officials including President Bill Clinton, U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, U.S. Representative Sam Brownback, Gov. Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, and state legislators Bill Feuerborn Ralph Tanner and Doug Walker with office addresses and phone numbers for Topeka and Washington D.C. contact options.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
U.S
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Washington, D.C
Sam Brownback
Longworth House
Kansas. Ave
Topeka
Brown
House
Brownback
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Bill Feuerborn
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Doug Walker
October Vision on a Franklin County Rural Road
An autumn countryside sketch in Franklin County captures color, quiet, and motion. The narrator enjoys farm scenes from corn rows to dairy cattle and a lone oak at Iowa and Reno Road, urging city dwellers to slow down, listen, and savor October before it slips away.
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Franklin County
Milo
Ner
Iowa
Reno Road
Spending caps on state and local government proposal
The plan aims to limit annual spending growth to the rise in Kansans personal income, proposing a constitutional amendment. It would cap the general operating fund while excluding higher education, debt service, and funds from federal aid, private tuition, and user fees. Critics note potential tax increases and unfunded mandates remain unaddressed. The chief advocates include Bill Graves and Tim Shallenberger with broad but mixed support and questions about its real restraint.
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Bill Graves
House of XV Representatives
Washington
Topeka
State Chamber of Commerce
Eyste
Kaas
Republicanis Graves
House
Tim Shallenberger
Susan Wagle
Tom Sawyer
Henry Helgerson
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Bud Burke
Farm Bureau
Realtors
Kansas Taxpayers Network
United We Stand
Ralph Nader
Wealth vs Money in a Closed Economy Essay
A sermon argues that unlimited economic growth is impossible. Real wealth derives from human energy applied to natural resources and skills, while money can expand without limit yet remains exchangeable for only finite wealth. The piece critiques fiat expansion, cites historical inflation, and urges stable exchange, broad wealth access, government accountability, and easier property ownership.
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Germany
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