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Proponents of tax increase urge legislative committee to approve Parkinson's plan / LJWorld.com
 Megan Greene of Lawrence, whose daughter, Azucena Melchor, attends Cordley School, told committee members that the Lawrence school board is considering drastic budget cuts — firing teachers, increasing class sizes and closing schools. “When schools are the institutional anchors for neighborhoods, their closure means loss of property values, loss of families in the neighborhoods, and a general decline,” she said. And Carol Russell of Emporia said a recent 10 percent cut in Medicaid will drastically reduce services for her 93-year-old mother. “Our parents and grandparents deserve better than this,” Russell said. Russell said she and her husband, with...
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