Kansas says state can tax reservations but enforcement may fail
Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan says the state can collect sales and cigarette taxes on items sold on Indian reservations to non-Indians, but enforcing the right may be difficult. The opinion, issued at the request of Mark Burghart, notes enforcement may not be in state courts, leaving collection questions unresolved.
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Topeka
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Robert Stephan
Reservations
Kansas
Stephan
Burghart
Hayden to meet law officers to push drug war in Kansas
Gov Mike Hayden will meet Sedgwick County law enforcement Friday to discuss local anti drug efforts then join a candle light vigil at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson to honor drunk driving victims. He will also attend a Hispanic Heritage Month event in Newton promoting Toward a Drug Free Kansas.
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Kan
Mike Hayden
Sedgwick County
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Hayden
Newton
Garden City rolls out breakfast program for three elementary schools
Garden City officials praised a new breakfast program at Buffalo Jones and two other elementary schools, serving about 75 to 100 students daily per school. Free or reduced lunch students qualify for free or reduced breakfasts, with milk fruit or veg and two choices offered daily.
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Garden City
Kan
House backs Kansas water projects in energy bill
The House approved a compromise energy and water bill providing about 9.6 million for Kansas water construction and planning as part of an 18 billion budget year package. It also allocates around 20 million for Corps lakes maintenance. The Senate is to consider the agreement and then send it to President Bush.
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Senate
Kansas
Washington
Corps of Engineers
Bush
Textbooks blamed for downplaying religion in American history
A teachers union cites an American Federation of Teachers study that accuses five popular high school history texts of neglecting religion and the beliefs of leaders like Washington Lincoln and Franklin. The report argues the books omit religious and philosophical contexts, reducing figures’ ideas to bare biographies.
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Abraham Lincoln
Teachers’ Union
George Washington
American Federation of Teachers
Lincoln
The
United States
Daniel J. Boorstin
Brooks M. Kelley
Union
Paul Gagnon
University of Massachusetts
Gagnon
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Hamilton
Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Get out while you still can Dear Ann Landers
Dear Diane recounts a brutal abusive marriage that began with warnings from a friend. She describes repeated beatings, failed promises, and eventual legal separation with a restraining order. She urges abused women to leave, seek professional help, and not accept apologies as proof of change.
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Ann Landers
Cincinnati
Ann
Diane
Delta
Recurring Yeast Infections and Endometrioma Clarified
Reader asks about recurrent yeast infections and OTC options. Doctor cites predisposing factors such as diabetes obesity and synthetic undergarments and mentions boric acid suppositories and gentian violet as nonprescription options while urging medical evaluation of associated conditions. The column also defines an endometrioma as a growth of endometrial tissue that can arise in the ovary and other sites.
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M.K
Actigall
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