If there’s one lesson to be learned from the anti-abortion movement, it’s playing the long game.Since the Supreme Court issued its ruling on Roe v. Wade, national anti-abortion extremists slowly chipped away at that constitutional protection.
Registration is underway for Walk Kansas, an eight-week team-based challenge that encourages teams of six to exercise and live more healthfully while walking a distance equivalent to the length of the Sunflower State.Now in its 25th year, Walk Kansas begins March 30 and runs through May 24. Registration is available online through the end of March.
As the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, continues working across the government, what they are finding is concerning. While not everything being discovered is waste, fraud and abuse (WFA), many expenditures found to date are eye-opening.Presidents Clinton and Obama, and various lawmakers like Sens.
To the editor:"Commissioner supports county earnings tax legislation."Well, wasn’t this a nice, teasing title for a news article in the March 7 edition of the Leavenworth Times. For me at least, it raised more questions than answers.As a Leavenworth County resident and property owner for nearly 25 years, I have a few questions regarding this “earnings tax.”1.
Dear Kansas parents:Perhaps the biggest gift that you can give your student over spring break is this radical educational practice:1. Create a window of phone-free time for your student.2.
In a recent article in Nature by Max Kozlov, he informs us about how micro and nano plastics are filling some of our body parts like our lungs, kidneys and other organs, and especially our brains. In fact, he says that the research shows that as many as 30 times more particles are likely to be found in our brains than in other organs.He has been following researchers like toxicologist Matthew Campen, who has been dissolving human brains from cadavers to reduce them down to their basic particles.
To the editor:The rapid residential growth in Leavenworth County, a trend recently observed in Lansing, Basehor and Tonganoxie, demands a critical examination of our fiscal sustainability, the preservation of our rural and agricultural heritage, and crucially, the escalating burden on our school districts. The prevailing notion that residential expansion equates to lower property taxes is a dangerous oversimplification, often promoted by those with vested interests.The truth is, increased housing necessitates substantial investments in infrastructure, public services, emergency response and education.
Suzanne Wikle, a Democratic representative from Lawrence, wonders when the Kansas Legislature will get serious about addressing the state’s cost-of-living crisis.“I think one of the things that’s been most frustrating for me, and perhaps most telling about priorities of Republican leadership, is that we haven’t really done anything this year on the floor that I feel like really helps bring down the cost of everyday life for most Kansans,” she said.“I certainly don’t think that we can control how much eggs cost, right? But I do think we can do other things to take pressures off of other aspects of budgets. So those would be things like making health care more accessible and more affordable, bringing down the cost of prescription drugs.
My Irish eyes smile at the thought of parades. Some may call them a "traffic jam with sequins," but parades show the best of our community.
During my junior year in high school, I became a Christian. I was obsessed with the Bible and fascinated by the belief that I have obtained eternal life.