Students propose lottery scholarship fix to curb insolvency
NMSU student president David Maestas and peers push a plan to raise GPA to 2.75, cut semesters to seven, and make grants a flat sum tied to the lottery fund. They argue lawmakers should fund needs-based tweaks rather than rely on taxes, tobacco settlements, or uncertain future budgets.
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David Maestas
NMSU
David
Co Settlement Fund
Editorial confirms postal price rise and service debate
The Panama City News Herald argues the Postal Regulatory Commission’s 6 percent rate increase to fund a reported 2.8 billion shortfall ignores the Postal Service’s larger losses. It notes shifts in mail volumes, congressional retiree health benefit pre funding, and calls for a consensus on the agency’s 2014 direction among customers and workers.
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Postal Regulatory Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Commission
Postal Service
U.S. Treasury
Panama City
Cruel Follies: Republican poverty plans face old exhaust
The piece critiques Republican officials as anxious about poverty and inequality yet pushing the same worn solutions. It argues their rhetoric aims to appear caring while maintaining familiar conservative approaches that may not curb economic hardship.
Doonesbury and cautious policy rhetoric critique
A column critiques conservative welfare optimism and GOP figures like Paul Ryan Marco Rubio and Pope Francis urging action. It contrasts political talking points with practical policy need and notes Rubio’s 50th anniversary of LBJ’s war on poverty address as lacking substance. It also includes a patient Q&A on seasonal affective disorder and light therapy.
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Paul Ryan
House Budget Committee
Mitt Romney
Ryan
Pope Francis
Sen
Marco Rubio
Florida
Lyndon Johnson
Rubio
Boston
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