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Rally seeks expansion of Medicaid
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Gov.’s office says discussion ongoing By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
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DRAMATIC LIGHTING AND THE SOUND OF RHYTHMIC DRUMMING propel dancers with the group Quixotic as they rehearse Friday afternoon before their evening performance at the Lied Center. The Kansas City-based group includes Kansas University adjunct professor of percussion Brandon Draper and incorporates aerial acrobatics, fashion and music. LEFT PHOTO: KU adjunct professor of percussion Brandon Draper and drummer Pat Adams rehearse for Quixotic’s Friday performance at the Lied Center. RIGHT PHOTO: Violinist Shane Borth performs with the group.
TOPEKA — When the Rev. Joshua Longbottom, an associate pastor at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, asked a rally crowd Friday what would Jesus do, the answer from several rally-goers was “Expand Medicaid.” Hours after the event brought about 75 people to the Statehouse, Gov. Sam Brownback’s spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said Brownback the governor was studying the issue but had concerns about the costs. “We continue to discuss options and alternatives with like-minded states and with our legislative partners in Kansas,” JonesSontag said. Medicaid is a state- and federally funded program that currently serves nearly 400,000 Please see RALLY, page 2A
Renovation plans for schools taking shape By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Moran: GOP needs to assess election’s meaning
Lawrence school officials are nearing the end of a series of public meetings to gather U.S. SENATOR feedback about potential building renovaJERRY MORAN, tions at each school in the district. That means within the next few weeks, the left, visits with Lawrence school board could Bill Hundley, decide on a final master plan for Lawrence, after projects that could be funded Moran spoke with a bond issue voters will be at the United asked to approve this spring. “We’re just not there yet,” States Marine said John Wilkins of the design SCHOOLS Corps’ 237th firm Gould Evans and Associbirthday comates when asked how close the consultants memoration were to having final options to choose from. Friday at Kansas “But we probably will be in the next couple University’s of weeks.” Over the last few months, Wilkins and his Dole Institute colleagues have inspected each of the buildof Politics. ings, interviewed the faculty and staff, and
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U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran would like to help recruit candidates to run for the Senate two years from now, he says. But what strategies he or other Republicans might pursue when it comes to the next congressional election, he said, aren’t yet clear. “I think we all need to sit down and have a conversation, try to figure out what this election has meant,” Moran said Friday. “What was the story behind the election?” Moran spoke with the Journal-World briefly Friday before his appearance at a U.S. Please see MORAN, page 2A
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