John Marshall

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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.

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College, community, coach: A Bethany football reunion

John Marshall - April 21, 2015

Spring is a season of reunions – schools and their graduating classes, families, social clubs and civic groups, among many others, all finding ways...

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When ‘freedom’ becomes ‘freedumb’

John Marshall - April 13, 2015

Indiana, Arkansas – Kansas had them beat by a couple of years. Our legislature passed a religious freedom law in 2013, granting Kansans the right to discriminate...

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Our Gleichschaltung: Destroying state government

John Marshall - April 7, 2015

Two years ago, we offered an assessment of the Kansas Legislature with the headline, A sinister session. “The temp- tation is strong,” we said, “to describe...

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Bringing back the finer parts of history

John Marshall - March 16, 2015

Jim Prugh, the Lakewood, Colo., investor who brings new life to old buildings in downtown Lindsborg, has begun another renovation – this one at 118 South...

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Commercial and chimerical – the value of beauty

John Marshall - March 6, 2015

Salinans have praised the arts for generations and lately their government has increased the arts as a mission. The list of public and private organizations that...

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Property taxes in Kansas: The tissue and torment of government

John Marshall - February 20, 2015

Part 2 Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to slash state spending for schools comes from his overall mission to abolish the state income tax; to cover the resulting...

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Property taxes in Kansas: the tissue and torment of government

John Marshall - February 11, 2015

Part 1: For governors and government in Kansas, the Carlin era can be seen as the most productive and accomplished in recent history. Progress, however, didn’t happen...

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School finance: A troubled and complicated history

John Marshall - January 25, 2015

(First of three articles) The governor and allies in the Legislature seem to be flush with loose talk about re-writing the state’s local school finance formula. Others,...

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