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GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau

 

Agriculture and aviation are two of the biggest industries in Kansas, but it’s been rare for commodity farmers and commercial airlines to interact as partners. As sustainability moves from boardroom buzzword to real world applications, there’s a need for more conversation between the industries.

Kansas Farm Bureau recently facilitated some of that conversation between farmers in south-central Kansas and representatives from Delta Airlines centered largely around the recent push to produce more sustainable aviation fuel. Essentially, the grains and oilseeds farmers grow will be refined into jet fuel.

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THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

 

The men who have been making the terrible noise are still at it.

The construction on our building began in the early spring, before my husband, Peter, and I returned from Mexico. When we arrived, scaffolding had been set up all around the building and blue plastic had been taped over our windows to protect them from flying debris. Our balcony was unusable, and the driveway was blocked off, filled with piles of bricks.

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L&T Publisher Earl Watt

 

Nebraska’s Second Congressional District will surely join the rest of the state after the next legislative session in 2025, but for this year, the Second District will most likely be voting for Kamala Harris while the rest of the state will overwhelmingly vote for Donald Trump.

What’s wrong with that?

On the surface, nothing.

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GUEST COLUMN, John Richard Schrock, Education Frontlines

 

Some Americans consider the U.S. to be a perfect democracy. But according to the “Democracy Perception Index” issued each year, when their citizens are asked about having the right amount of democracy, Taiwan, South Korea, China and Vietnam top the list. The Alliance of Democracies commissions this annual worldwide survey and found that 42 percent of American survey respondents indicated that the U.S. had too little democracy. In addition, 44 percent of people worldwide remain concerned that the U.S. threatens democracy in their country.

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GUEST COLUMN, Dane Hicks, kaninfo.com

 

A spokesman for 3rd District Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids’ campaign refused to say Thursday why the embattled congresswoman skipped out of an Ottawa political forum Wednesday night after demanding and winning specific conditions from the organizers –  including that she not have to share the stage with her Republican opponent Prasanth Reddy or take questions from the live audience.

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