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Sibling wars (2)
The Republicans' censure of Jerry Moran and the ascent of state chairman Mike Brown, an election conspiracy promoter, are recent flashpoints in a long...
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Sibling wars (1)
Last month in Hutchinson, the Republicans' First District Congressional Committee voted to censure Jerry Moran because he voted for a federal spending bill endorsed...
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Kelly and Docking (3) Last of three articles
By 1974, the last of Robert Docking's eight years as governor of Kansas, the cost of state government had doubled, from a record $638...
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Kelly and Docking (2)
Second of three articles
The day after Gov. Robert Docking's inauguration in 1967, the Kansas Legislature faced a thicket of issues: implementation of three constitutional...
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Weather report
For our small patch of north Lindsborg, the rain gauge and the snow stick tell us that last year was dry. Annual rainfall since...
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Balance of purpose
Of the 125-members in the Kansas House of Representatives, 76 were elected in five metropolitan counties. The count:
Johnson County ‒ 27 members: 11 Republicans,...
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Doctors and lawyers
McDill "Huck" Boyd sounded one of the first alarms a half-century ago: Rural Kansas was losing doctors and the state needed to find ways...
