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John Marshall is the retired editor-owner of the Lindsborg (Kan.) News-Record (2001-2012), and for 27 years (1970-1997) was a reporter, editor and publisher for publications of the Hutchinson-based Harris Newspaper Group. He has been writing about Kansas people, government and culture for more than 40 years, and currently writes a column for the News-Record and The Rural Messenger. He lives in Lindsborg with his wife, Rebecca, and their 21 year-old African-Grey parrot, Themis.
Property taxes: update (First of three articles)
May brought a deadline for property tax payments, and of all the prudent words woven into the Kansas Constitution, no string of them has...
Without a compass
The topic of newspaper editorials and opinion pages bumps up now and then like an old friend now in rags, frequently homeless, consigned to...
Sounds, and noise
The other day a long flatbed truck carrying a pile of wet sand roared by the post office, belching more racket than a pack...
Women in politics (IV) (Last in a series)
Women began to acquire strength in Kansas politics long ago, when Susanna Salter was elected in 1887 in Argonia, the first woman to be...
Women in Politics III
Before Joan Finney, there was Elwill Shanahan. Mrs. Finney is seen at the front of a parade that by the 1990s had gathered new...
Women in Politics (II)
In earlier times, elevated political status and powerful rank did not come easily for Kansas women. Achievement was slow when women were for serving...
Women in politics (I)
State Sen. Laura Kelly in 2018 became the third woman in less than 30 years to be elected governor of Kansas. Kelly, Joan Finney...
Costly failings
The University of Kansas presents a stark view to the cross-currents of athletics, money and schooling. On March 10, less than a day after...
Promise and the arts
LINDSBORG – As we climb out of winter's dormant glaze, a look about our town will present moments that elevate the spirit: The little...
A rural-urban wedding?
Of Kansas' four congressional districts, the First has long been the largest – now with 69 counties covering roughly the western two-thirds of the...
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