ON THE AGENDA
• The Leavenworth City Commission will not meet Tuesday. Commissioners typically meet on Tuesdays but not the fifth Tuesday of a month.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Key inflation gauge slowed to still-high 6.3% over past year An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 6.3% in April from a year earlier, the first slowdown since November 2020 and a sign that high prices may finally be moderating, at least for now. The inflation figure the Commerce Department reported Friday was below the four-decade high of 6.6% set in March.
Despite ample school security plan, Texas shooter found gaps
Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined the school property. Teachers were ordered to keep classroom doors closed and locked. Students faced regular lockdown and evacuation drills.
Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit, allowing NY probe to go on
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, rejecting the former president’s claim that she targeted him out of political animus and allowing her civil investigation into his business practices to continue.
Housekeepers struggle as U.S. hotels ditch daily room cleaning
After guests checked out of a corner room at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort on Waikiki beach, housekeeper Luz Espejo collected enough trash, some strewn under beds, to stuff seven large garbage bags.
A child’s question yields vague answers
Dear Amy: My partner "Michael's" father, "Ned" walked out on their family when Michael was a teenager. It was a nasty divorce, leaving behind many emotional and financial scars.
GOP is lost to extremists of the far right
To the editor: Seasoned Republicans are leaving the party in droves because, like Miles Taylor, they believe the party is lost to extremists of the far right, and it can “no longer be reformed from within,” so must be “countered from without.” Taylor, who was Trump’s chief of staff for Homeland Security, admits that, when Trump became president, he believed this bigoted man was a glitch, not the future of the party, but recent events of the open targeting and murders of people of color finally made him take a hard look at what had been his beloved party. Taylor still believes in the millions of Americans are who are truly centrist or, dare he say, liberal Republicans, but he is afraid that too many are too loyal to the idea that Republicans are live-or-die party supporters to hope for these same people to become aware of the racist, sexist rhetoric and movement they have helped spawn to change the party’s trajectory toward autocracy.
Abrams-Kemp slugfest promises to be pricey, long and ugly
Georgia voters didn’t get much of a break from election talk on the day after the Tuesday primary in which Republican Gov. Brian Kemp demolished GOP challenger David Perdue and Democrat Stacey Abrams finally clinched a nomination waiting for her after no other members of her party jumped in.
Major League Baseball criticizes teams over facilities for female employees
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball told its clubs that some are failing to provide acceptable work accommodations for female employees, calling them “embarrassingly below” standard. The May 20 memorandum from Michael Hill, the MLB senior vice president for onfield operations, asks teams to provide documentation by June 3 of the facilities for home and visiting female coaches and staff.
Richard D. Wisneski
Richard D. Wisneski, 80, of Leavenworth, Kan, died Sunday, May 22, 2022, at KU Hospital. Richard was born on August 12, 1941, in Norwich, Conn., the youngest son of Blanche (Poreda) and Joseph Wisneski. He graduated from Norwich Free Academy. Richard married Kathleen Schlink on September 3, 1966, who survives of the home. Richard is survived by his brothers Leonard Wisneski and Joseph (Evelyn) Wisneski, children Michele (Ron) Frankl, Jeanne (Travis) Gray, Stephen Wisneski and Jessica Wisneski, and grandchildren Taylor and Jackson. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his sister Barbara Keech.