State officials planning another comprehensive plan seem to have come to the inevitable conclusion that higher taxes will be necessary to make it happen.
Published 11/20/2009 |
It's good to be reminded that the college student-athlete isn't extinct. It's even better to know that so many of them can be found at Kansas State University.
Published 11/19/2009 |
The Riley County Law Board's lack of support for an ordinance prohibiting cell phone use by drivers was disappointing as much for the shallowness of its apparent reasoning as for its conclusion.
Published 11/18/2009 |
We were pretty lucky this week. The immediate area dodged the worst of a rogue storm that had no business bringing winter to us before we were ready for it.
Published 11/17/2009 |
It was good that a Kansas Department of Transportation official visited last week and reminded Kansas State University students that getting more children to walk or ride bikes to school would have plenty of benefits.
Published 11/16/2009 |
Economic development means different things to different people. It can mean parks and athletic fields that make a community attractive. It can mean good roads and transportation systems. It can mean good schools. And it can mean financial incentives — tax breaks perhaps or bargains on properties to persuade out-of-town companies to open up shop here.
Published 11/15/2009 |
Ponder the assertion that three-fourths of Americans of prime military recruiting age -- 17 to 24 -- would be turned away.
Published 11/13/2009 |
If one is to believe Iran's top prosecutor, the three American hikers who crossed into Iran last July, either inadvertently or with the assistance of Iranian border guards, are spies.
Published 11/12/2009 |
We join the environmental and social activist communities in mourning the passing of Jan Garton, who died early Monday morning.
Published 11/11/2009 |
Wednesday is Veterans Day. In Manhattan, as in other communities in the United States, our military veterans will be honored with a parade, speeches, expressions of thanks and assorted freebies.
Published 11/10/2009 |
