Looking forward to the next 50 years
Sometimes you have to look back to look forward. You have to look at history to decipher the future.
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HEAT PROBLEMS CAN ESCALATE QUICKLY
Dear Doctors: Can you please talk about why hot weather is so dangerous? We’ve had a couple of heat waves with high humidity, and my grandfather didn’t even realize he had heat exhaustion. Air conditioning isn’t common in our area, and our kids are struggling, too. Honestly, it’s been a bit scary.
Kansas election results reaffirmed, while independent governor candidate waits impatiently
Kansas elections have been proven accurate once again. Recounts of the state’s anti-abortion amendment vote, as well as the treasurer’s race, reaffirmed the original results.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
About voter fraud There appeared a news article in the August 18, 2022 Newton Kansan, about vote recounts in the August 2 primary. It was mostly actual news, but in the continuation on page A6 the following paragraph was included.
Don’t Wait: Get Into the Encryption Habit Now
In early August, a Nebraska prosecutor charged a mother and daughter with violating the state’s ban on abortion after 20 weeks. That ban was passed in 2010, but didn’t go into effect until the Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this year overturning Roe V. Wade.
Redistricting Means Big Changes for Kansans
How will the residents of Kansas’ “Big First” get along with Lawrence? This is only one of many questions posted by Kansas’ new Congressional district map. The Big First is Kansas’ rural, western and central district that stretches to Colorado.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT
THE FIRST AMENDMENT: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation?
The U.S. is about to spend US$490 billion over 10 years on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving health care and reducing the federal deficit.
In wake of amendment loss, anti-abortion Kansans face a choice: Take the L or fight the power
Losing hurts the soul. It throws our basic beliefs — in oneself, in the notion of a just world — into turmoil.