Sunflower coal plant battle drives Kansas legislative watch
The Kansas Legislature stalls over two coal plants near Holcomb led by Tri State, Sunflower Electric, and Golden Spread. Gov veto override votes loom as lawmakers navigate party pressure, with spring break ending and a tight budget wrap up. Senate backed overrides before break. House undecided. Lt Gov Parkinson and Gov Sebelius seek to sway key members amid continued lobbying by both sides.
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Topeka
Hns
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association of
Colorado
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Hays
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative
Texas
Holcomb
Steve Lukert
D-Sabetha
Retrial Deliberations Continue in Floyd Murder Case
In Johnson City jurors remained divided on verdicts for Chad and Shannon Floyd in the ex-boyfriend murder retrial. Judge Jack Lively urged continued deliberations as the panel, split 7 to 5, adjourned with plans to reconvene at 9 a.m. Monday. The couple previously faced a hung jury in July 2007 after a month-long trial.
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Johnson City
Chad
Shannon Floyd
Jack Lively
Floyds
Stanton County
Lively
Coalition forms to back Kansas coal plants in March lobbying push
A major pro coal group the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity registered to lobby Kansas lawmakers this week amid the debate over two proposed coal fired plants near Holcomb. The group claimed a spending of at least 17727 this month but later amended to show zero. It counts over 40 member companies including Peabody Energy and Tri State Generation. Kansas lawmakers plan to override Gov Sebelius vetoes on energy legislation unless smaller plants are allowed.
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Topeka
HNS
Kansas
American Coalition For Clean Coal Electricity
Statehouse
Alexandria
Peabody Energy Corp
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association of Colorado
Sunflower Electric
Holcomb
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Judy Greenwald
Innovative Solutions
Pew Center On Global
Arlington
Newcomer Center at Garden City academy aids new arrivals
In Garden City's New Outlook Academy the Newcomer Center, led by Sylvia Orosco, teaches read ing and geography to fifth through 12th graders new to the United States. The academy also hosts USC 457's alternative high school for ninth through 12th graders at risk of failure, with 74 full-time students and 19 in Compass credit recovery. The center has served 32 students this year, from Burma, Guatemala, Mexico and Vietnam, with eight to fourteen students under Orosco this semester.
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Garden City
New Outlook Academy
United States
USC 457
Brad Springston
New Outlook
GCHS
Springston
Orosco
Burma
Guatemala
Mexico
Vietnam
Sylvia Orosco
Mesapha Pha
U.S
Pha
Indiana
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