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Earl Watt
Earl Watt is the owner and publisher of the Leader & Times in Liberal, Kansas. Watt started his career in journalism in 1991 at the Southwest Daily Times. During his career, the newspaper has won a total of 17 Sweepstakes awards from the Kansas Press Association for editorial content and 18 Sweepstakes awards for advertising. Watt has been recognized with more than 70 first place awards for writing in categories from sports and column to best front pages, best sports pages and best opinion pages. Watt is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and is the descendant of several patriots who fought for America's freedom and independence.
Special session ends with tax relief, incentive package for pro sports
After calling the Kansas Legislature into a special session, Gov. Laura Kelly finally signed tax relief for Kansans despite having vetoes a near exact version […]
House, Senate pass tax releif, send bill to Governor, again
TOPEKA– Today, the Kansas Senate and House both quickly adopted SB 1, a compromise tax relief plan that has been agreed to by the governor. […]
Bi-Partisan Agreement Reached on Tax Reductions
Joint release from Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Senate President Ty Masterson TOPEKA— Today, Republican legislative leadership reached a compromise with Governor Laura Kelly […]
How will Democrats react to lithium found in fracking?
One of the biggest problems with making the move to the all-electric vehicle dream is the need for lithium, and there are two major drawbacks […]
Guilty verdict of a former president proves his point about no justice
The woke are now running the country, and if you challenge that, you do so at your own peril. The court system in the bluest […]
House Speaker Hawkins responds to dates for Special Session
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins responded to Governor Laura Kelly calling a special session set for June 18. According to Hawkins, the special session would […]
KFB’s VOTE FBF endorses Rep. Mann for re-election to U.S. House
MANHATTAN — The farmers and ranchers of the state’s leading agriculture advocacy organization today announced their endorsements of incumbent Rep. Tracey Mann in Kansas’ 1st District. The […]
Yes, I’m American, and I’m darned proud of it
I won’t apologize to anyone for being American. It seems with technology and poor education in civics classes, our younger Americans are being fed a […]