Folks who live in Leavenworth County have a pretty good deal when it comes to keeping in good physical health. Yes, we do pay taxes to have some of these benefits, but otherwise, there are ample free or inexpensive ways to keep in good health if you are willing to participate.For example, one of the most accessible assets to everyone is the opportunity for good walking.
To the editor:As we watch the Kansas Legislature battle with the governor over cutting taxes and budget cuts vs. additional spending, the latest battle being reported in Friday’s Kansas City Star is over free or reduced breakfast/lunch for students from low-income families.
Kansas cities, like all American cities, including all the blue ones that our new president regularly attacks, are not radical places. They may have more Democratic voters than the state’s rural counties, and those voters may prefer more egalitarian policies than will ever pass in Topeka, but their economies are just as dependent upon capitalism as the state and country as a whole.There are exceptions, though.
The release of President Donald Trump’s official portrait last week on his campaign website led me to Dwight D. Eisenhower, our lone Kansas president.
I am starting a series of articles that will give readers ideas on managing problem behaviors with dogs. Management is not a bad thing.
The end of 2024 has come and gone. We look back upon the past and we can think of many things we have done that we wish we had not done.
Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or so executive orders once he regained the presidency. These orders are expected to reset government policy on everything from immigration enforcement to diversity initiatives to environmental regulation.
We are in the middle of what I call meeting season for Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB). The legislative process for both the state and federal governments are started.
The top election official in Kansas urged the Legislature to increase the penalty for threatening a poll worker, impose a ban on political parties nominating candidates without an individual’s consent and broaden state authority to compel counties to securely deploy ballot drop boxes.Secretary of State Scott Schwab, a Republican who has announced interest in running for governor in 2026, recommended the Kansas House consider tweaks rather than wholesale overhaul to state election law.Schwab encouraged lawmakers to carefully craft bills amending the way people participated in elections to avoid lawsuits challenging constitutionality of reforms. He reminded legislators use of one or two ill-chosen words could swing a case against the state and lead to costly awards of attorney fees to plaintiffs.Schwab said complaints about the accuracy of Kansas elections and the tabulation of votes was misplaced, because the three elections conducted in Kansas last year went smoothly.
Years ago, the Forest Service published research to explain the process of burning wood in a stove or furnace. The bottom line is that if you see smoke coming from your chimney, you are not burning wood efficiently.