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By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

A lot more than money will be at stake for public schools on Tuesday when the Kansas Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a constitutional lawsuit challenging the state’s school finance system. According to political experts in Kansas, the case also could have far-reaching political consequences for the Kansas Legislature, Gov. Sam Brownback and the Supreme Court itself. “I think you’re heading for a constitutional showdown,� said Kansas University poSCHOOLS litical science professor Burdett Loomis. “This is a rerun of what we did in 2005 and 2006.� That was when the court ruled in an earlier case, Montoy vs. Kansas, that the Legislature had violated its constitutional duty to make “suitable provision� for

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ABOVE, volunteers hang hundreds of bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge on Sunday afternoon as part of Bras Across the Kaw. The event aims at catching people’s attention and reminding women to schedule a mammogram and men to encourage women to schedule one. AT RIGHT, one of the many bras hangs on the bridge as part of the event and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One in eight women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer in her lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.

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Obamacare enrollment Bras Across the Kaw event slow so far draws attention to breast cancer in Lawrence “

By Nikki Wentling

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The hundreds of bras you see lining the guardrail of the Kansas River bridge aren’t there purely for decoration, though they’re bedecked with countless colors and styles of paint, buttons and ribbons. This temporary addition to the bridge has a dual purpose: to make a statement for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to promote Health Care Access, a clinic that provides health services to residents in Douglas County who are below the poverty line. Shelly Wakeman, direc-

The whole purpose is to catch people’s attention and, if they’re a woman, hopefully get them to schedule their mammogram. Or, if they’re a man who loves a woman, to get them to encourage her to schedule one.�

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tor of the clinic, has made sure that everyone gets the message. “Everybody always notices the bras, of course, but I think in years past people didn’t know who was responsible,� Wakeman said. “It was like all these bras show up and you’re wonder-

Rosilyn Wells, a navigator in Lawrence for the Affordable Care Act, didn’t have much luck getting into the new health insurance marketplace after it went online Tuesday. So she put off all her appointments with people wanting to enroll for this week. She’s Wells crossing her fingers the site will work by then. “None of the navigators (in Kansas) have yet been able to enroll anyone,� she said Friday. “The website is still bogged down. I

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ing where they come from.� This year, to help people understand, Health Care Access created two large pink banners explaining the mission of Bras Across the Kaw. “The whole purpose is to catch people’s attention and, if they’re a wom-

an, hopefully get them to schedule their mammogram,� Wakeman said. “Or, if they’re a man who loves a woman, to get them to encourage her to schedule one.� According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer during her lifetime. It is estimated that more than 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. during 2013. “We really want people to get mammograms for early detection,� Wakeman said.

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