Tag: debate

Iolans will likely pay a lower late fee for past-due utility bills, and may get one free pass per year to get their services turned back on if they’re disconnected. In a wide-ranging discussion Monday,…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mike Bloomberg will confront the greatest test of his presidential campaign when he faces five Democratic rivals in a debate in Las Vegas that could fundamentally change the direction of the…

Iola City Council members will decide Monday whether Coon Creek should keep its name or revert to its original moniker, Small Creek. Council members were asked last month to approve the name change by Iola…

SINGAPORE — The U.K. Conservative Party accused Channel 4 News of breaking impartiality rules after the broadcaster used a melting ice sculpture of a globe to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson who failed to attend…

On the same night USD 257 school board members agreed to eventually remove the “Fillies” moniker for Iola High School girls sports teams, Iola City Council members were asked to reconsider naming Coon Creek back…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The four Catholic dioceses in Kansas will not support expanding Medicaid to thousands more low-income adults and children unless the state passes a constitutional amendment and new laws restricting abortion, the…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? In a sharply divided country, here?s something many Americans agree on: It?s hard to know what?s a true and honest fact. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved removing Dr. Martin Luther King’s name from one of the city’s most historic boulevards, less than a year after the city council decided…

USD 257 board members are debating a question raised by a student earlier this year: Should the district really have so many equine mascots? A Mustang is a type of horse, both male and female.…

HUMBOLDT — Cole Herder pulled no punches Saturday morning. In a session for public discussion of a half-cent sales tax voters will decide Nov. 5, City Administrator Herder was starkly honest about the need: “I’d…