Walton Township still seeking sinkhole solution
By Chad FreyNewton Kansan A plan to downgrade a township road on the marion/Harvey county line in an attempt to repair a sinkhole which opened… Login to continue reading Login…
January 2025
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Kansas Day at Kauffman Museum is a homecoming, of sorts
NORTH NEWTON– Houses, homes and shelters for Kansans of all kinds will be front and center for the annual Kansas Day event at Kauffman Museum on the Bethel College campus.
Clock may be expiring on attempt to permanently shift Kansas to standard time
TOPEKA — Unintended consequences of a proposed Kansas law ending observance of daylight saving time appeared likely to undermine an effort in the Legislature to permanently place the state on standard time starting in November.
Warnings about Oligarchy not new
In his last speech to the nation, President Joe Biden warned of a growing oligarchy in American politics, pointing the finger particularly at the “tech industrial complex.” It was hard to ignore that the wealthy are sharing a more prominent place in American government when President Trump’s inauguration ceremony showcased some of the richest people in the world as guests.
Plains Folk: The worst hard time
I remember back around 2006 reading a review of a new book by Timothy Egan about the Dirty Thirties (The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl). A few months later I saw an announcement that this book was the winner of a National Book Award. I thought to myself, “That’s a book I need to read,” but, like many things, it slipped by me.
The Constitution won’t save us
On January 17, outgoing US president Joe Biden belatedly announced the ratification -- in 2018 -- of the 28th Amendment (the “Equal Rights Amendment”) to the US Constitution.
Kansas Profile: Taking a ‘Higherpath’
By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University
Kansas broadband developers complain to Senate about allocation of state, federal grants
TOPEKA — A major broadband provider and a coalition of smaller developers complained Wednesday about lack of transparency at the Kansas Department of Commerce in awarding millions of dollars in state and federal funding to upgrade internet service in underserved areas of the state.
CDDO to meet
The Board of Directors of the Harvey-Marion County Developmental Disability Organization (HMCDDO) will hold its regular monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Jan. 27 at the HMCDDO office, 500 N. Main; Suite 204.