State weighs prison space in county jails and tests
The state plans to pilot computerized state math and reading assessments for quicker results while evaluating using county jails for additional prison space. Officials note current AYP targets complicate gains as some districts remain below proficiency, and Kansas considers leasing county beds to relieve capacity without building new prisons.
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Ann Goodman
Buffalo Jones
Garden City
Garden City High School
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Pochowski
George W. Bush
Bush
Morris
St. Francis
Miskell
Kansas
Kearny County
James Jarboe
Jarboe
Wichita County
Stanton County
Sedgwick County
Gary Leiker
Haskell County
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Bascue
el Dorado
Colorado
Sebelius
Phill Kline
Sebelius floats state tax hike plan in election year
Governor Sebelius says she is testing political winds with a potential tax hike while seeking efficiencies in state government. She notes 10 percent of state jobs are vacant and discusses reviewing the Department of Administration. Deb Miller refines road plans to cut costs and fund the highway program without new loans.
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Alta Brown
Buffalo Jones
Garfield
Victor Ornelas
Georgia Matthews
Bernadine Sitts
Charles Stones
Garden City
Pochowski
Morris
Kansas
ESEA
U.S. Department of Education
Jerry Williams
Dchanute
Sebelius
Williams
Department of Adminis
Transportation
Deb Miller
Army probes deadly pneumonia outbreak among troops in Iraq
The Army dispatches a six person team of infectious disease experts to Iraq to investigate 14 pneumonia cases that required ventilators, with two deaths, nine recoveries, and three still hospitalized. Officials say no single infectious agent, chemical exposure, environmental toxin, or SARS links have been found.
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Washington
Iraq
Army
Lyn Kukral
Drought Warning Issued Across Kansas Rivers and Streams
Governor warns of widespread low water flows as irrigation restrictions extend to the Republican River and others. Water officials, lawmakers, and farmers note record dry conditions, urging conservation and vigilance while monitoring drought programs and responses.
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Tom Huntington
Kansas Division of Water Resources
Republican River
Smoky Hill River
Solomon River
Chapman Creek
Delaware River
Little Ark River
Chikaskia
Neosho River
Sponse
Sebelius
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
Lane County
Vance Ehmke
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