Bond Board Debates Add-ons to Bond Election
The Bond Board weighs including a standalone ninth grade center and swim pool add-ons while prioritizing high school crowding. Crist opposes tag-ons citing focus on core needs, as Utz urges prudent spending. A formal vote will set the list, amid energy conservation steps and a district energy manager rollout.
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Utz
Crist
Milt Pippenger
Reichmuth
Energy Education Inc
Energy Education
Kathleen Whitley
Early Turnout Report For Finney County Special Election
In Finney County many voters turnout was light with 15 ballots by 8:30 a.m. at the 3rd Ward site and 550 ballots brought to the church. Election judges expected 100 voters at the library and 175 to 200 citywide. The special election costs about 11,000 dollars. Polls close at 7 p.m. and tallying should finish around 8:30 p.m.
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Jeanette Taylor
Rome
Finney County Library
E. Walnut
Hoffman
Finney County
Carol Brown
Brown
Treasury to shift retirement fund to avoid default
The Bush administration will move federal retirement funds into a non interest bearing account to free borrowing room and prevent a potential default on the national debt. Treasury officials say the action will not harm retirees and lost interest will be offset in coming months. Secretary Paul O Neill outlined the plan in a letter to congressional leaders, noting a 1995 precedent under Robert Rubin.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Congress
Treasury
Paul O'Neill
Congressional
Robert Rubin
Clinton
Israeli tanks pound Palestinian security HQ in West Bank raid
Israeli tanks and helicopters shelled a fortified Palestinian security headquarters in a nightlong assault on the West Bank, as fighting raged outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity. Nine Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died, and most of about 400 trapped Palestinians surrendered in a Rajoub compound deal brokered by U S and European officials.
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Ramallah
West Bank
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Jibril Rajoub
U.S
Rajoub
Manger Square
Jesus
Ariel Sharon
European Union
Miguel Moratinos
Arafat
Moratinos
Sharon
Israel Radio
House fails to revive local school control bill in Kansas
The Kansas House rejected a bid to revive a home rule bill for school districts, arguing it would let boards act with broader authority and alter funding for districts with declining enrollments. The measure would allow districts to subtract current enrollment from 1994 figures and count a fifth toward the current budget, potentially shifting 17.7 million dollars to declining districts, risking a per pupil aid cut of 30.71. The House also advanced a foster care education bill, funding higher education for foster youth with 2 million federal Chafee Funds, targeting 150 aged out youths and aiming to aid about half who graduate high school.
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Topeka
House Education Committee
Ralph Tanner
Baldwin City
Legisla
Tanner
Carla Stovall
Stovall
House
Bill Reardon
Kansas City
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Kansas
Cuts threaten nursing shortage in Kansas schools
Lawrence AP report says filling nursing vacancies may falter if state universities trim nursing program faculty amid budget cuts. Kansas Hospital Association notes over 12 percent of Kansas nursing jobs are vacant, above the national 11 percent. Regents offer scholarships, but KU and WSU may curb admissions, as schools face space limits.
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Lawrence
Kansas Hospital Association
University of Kansas
Wichita State University
Pakistan leader pledges backing to war-torn Afghanistan
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf traveled to Kabul and voiced brotherly support for Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai welcomed the gesture and discussed plans to consider freeing Pakistanis who aided the former Taliban. Brahimi urged hundreds of millions for rebuilding, while a UN force noted gunfire incidents in west Kabul and police arrested a former Afghan figure amid security concerns.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
Hamid Karzai
Musharraf
Taliban
Karzai
U.N
Lakhdar Brahimi
Geneva
Wahidullah Sabani
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Sabani
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Eiling Arafat
Powell
ABC
Good Morning America
Shimon Peres
U.S. State Department
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Jerusalem
Kansas Board of Regents
Hae
Sherry Rapp
Farm Bureau Financial Services
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Landblade Agency
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