Earlier this year the Kansas Legislature increased the state sales tax by a penny on a bipartisan vote to keep state funding for the public schools level and to help fund a new 10-year transportation…

Where will Gov. Sam Brownback and the conservative Legislature try to take Kansas? Up the mountain — or over the cliff?Think positive.Put aside abortion and gay marriage. Those issues grab headlines but don’t really have…

On Feb. 9, 1950, four Iola Junior College students debated the question: Resolved, that the U.S. government should provide free medical aid for all citizens of the United States. Presenting the affirmative were Robert Freeman…

Yes! by three to one! Wow! Positive margins in almost every precinct. Wow!There will be a sparkling new Allen County Hospital. Every family in the broad area that the hospital serves will get better care,…

During the Farm-City celebration, I helped poll possible voters who had come to the square for Farm-City Days. I walked around the courthouse area from 8 o’clock to almost noon. As I walked, I asked…

David and I wanted to write to thank the Farm/City Committee for selecting us as city marshals. Also, thanks to all of you who waved or called our names as we rode around the square.…

An open microphone in Christine O’Donnell’s Dela-ware headquarters captured this Monday night ritual. The candidate’s voice was easy to identify. The other two we can only assume were her closest advisers. In the interests of…

Go vote. The polls stay open until 7. Yes, your vote matters. The greater the turnout, the clearer the decision. On the other hand, don’t vote if you really don’t care. Or if you really…

Voters will decide Tuesday whether to increase a countywide sales tax by 1⁄4 of a cent to go toward a new Allen County Hospital.Members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee address questions about the issue.…

WWCFST? What would Charles F. Scott think? ACS? or EELJR?Charles F. Scott bought the weekly Iola Register in September of 1882. It was printed from handset type on a press that was fed, a sheet…