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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin ended their Moscow summit this week by showcasing economic help and diplomatic support China will provide the now supplicant banana-less republic that is Putin’s Russia today. But even more importantly,…

Dear Chairwoman Renee Erickson and members of the Senate Committee on Commerce: I am Bruce Symes, a resident of Iola and Allen County for 37 years and currently a member of the Allen County Commission,…

My phone alerted me to a four-year-old photo a few days ago, or rather it alerted me to a photo taken four years ago of a newspaper clipping from decades ago. The clipping was a…

Last spring, I decided to let native wildflowers take over a small area of my lawn. I was giddy with excitement and hopeful that my little garden would be a haven for insects and other…

There is no arguing: Kansas is and always has been an incredible place to live. Our state is full of great communities ideal for setting your roots. While Kansas’ history has built itself as a…

Kansas Senators should go back to the drawing board with the education bill that provides families $5,000 a year per child for their education. On Wednesday, members of the House approved a measure that diverts…

As professionals who have worked in the world of private and public finance for several decades, we are proud of the work that has been done by the state of Kansas over the past six…

My hopes for a state park here dimmed considerably Wednesday morning when I received an email from Rep. Bill Rhiley of Wellington with the subject line “Tomorrow’s vote on a David Toland state park for…

Before Faulkner became the great Southern novelist, he hired on as the postmaster at the University of Mississippi. By all accounts he was an indifferent postmaster, opening the P.O. when he felt like it and…

In what could be the final political humiliation for the once proud Kennedy family, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seriously considering throwing his hat in the 2024 ring. The anti-vaxxer and second eldest son of…