In 2023, Governor Laura Kelly issued a near record number of vetoes (though close to half were overturned). What were her motivations in making use of her veto power so extensively? Some of Kelly’s vetoes reflect her very practical, service-oriented vision for Kansas.
Dear Doctors: Our grandfather is 84 and has prostate cancer. He has been declining and has asked to stop treatment. He and his doctors decided that he will begin hospice care. What happens in hospice care? How do you choose a provider? We hope this can be done at home.
If you readers will indulge me, a little nostalgia today. I was reared on a small stock farm near Cassoday on the west edge of the Flint Hills in northeast Butler County. Until the age of five we lived in a rented house a mile north of the eighty acres that my great-grandparents settled in 1877 when they first moved to Kansas from Perry County, Ohio.
Well, here we are: The final scenes of Debt Ceiling Theater 2023. After endless rounds of “tense negotiations,” punctuated by smack talk between the big players and weird Hail Mary proposals from the cheap seats, US president Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a deal over Memorial Day Weekend.
Recent presidential campaign rollouts have ranged from incompetent to lackluster. They included Twitter tech meltdowns, misleading speeches and lukewarm receptions for the candidates.
At age 85, John Speece was using a walker the afternoon of May 4 to cross the triple railway tracks on Commercial Street in downtown Emporia. He was struck and killed by an eastbound BNSF freight, one of 80 trains that pass through the city day and night, at speeds of up to 40 mph.
Glenn Brunkow, Pottawatomie County farmer and rancher It seems as though the news is full of headlines about nothing but bickering at all levels of government. I don’t know about you but at times I want to send them all to their corners until they can be civil to each other. Often, I hear from people that this discord and constant fighting are why they have no confidence in our leaders, and they think our government is broken.
Acknowledging our past Kansas history records 52 lynchings of Blacks. There were dozens of beatings, threats, homicides and race riots.
We liberal Christians are used to being overlooked. I was reminded of this the other day while discussing religion and politics with an otherwise smart, worldly, well-read former student who had never heard of liberal Christianity.
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region’s agriculture. They’re also becoming increasingly common as the planet warms.