OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

Hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" discuss during the 2nd hour all manner of Kansas small town life after these news stories.

Counterspin (30 min.)  This week on CounterSpin: Republican presidential candidates disagreed on many things, but when it came to the idea of raising the minimum wage, they were in concert: It would be a “disaster,” increase joblessness and knock us out of international competition. Media usually present the issue as one of workers vs. business, but that’s not the whole story. We’ll get a different angle from Holly Sklar of the national network called Business for a Fair Minimum Wage.

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)  See: http://fsrn.org/

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• Justice Dept. will appeal immigration ruling to the Supreme Court
• FBI documents show counter-terrorism division spied on School of the Americas Watch vigils
• Two scientific reports look at effects of climate change on water currently stored in the global freezer
• Burmese democracy icon accused of ignoring persecution of Rohingya minority
• Indigenous Lumads march on Philippine capital to protest targeted killings and displacement
• Nigeria marks 20th anniversary of execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni environmentalists

Co-hosted during the second hour with Rep. Bill Otto, formerly of the 9th district, in the Kansas legislature listen in to conversations with "Traditional Republicans" who have lived small town life in Kansas across the generations.