JOHN MARSHALL

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...

Part 3 In early 2004, not long after a Shawnee County District Court judge had lashed the Kansas Legislature for under- funding local schools, urban lawmakers began...

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...

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...

(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,...

Many among us make resolutions for the new year. Among them are pledges to lose weight, start jogging, obey our parents, pay our bills, watch less...

Nothing at this time of year can compare with the magic and glamor of Christmas. Thus we continue last week’s recollections from among our...

We note with awe each year the beauty that Lindsborg and the Smoky Valley bring to Christmas. No village in Kansas is more lovely at this...

IN MCPHERSON County and other paper ballot locations, voters sign in at each polling station with pen and ink in a large book that lists all...

It’s been a couple of weeks since a double-whammy blizzard buried Buffalo and a good part of western New York. Successive “lake effect” storms carried moisture...