Primary election turnout and voter sentiment described
Election officials project a 16 000 voter base with 25 to 30 percent turnout. Poll workers at Pershing Manor report morning traffic near 40 voters with noon and after-work rushes expected. Voters discuss candidates Ward Loyd and Jeff Crist for state representative and views on a marriage amendment and a half cent sales tax.
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Carol Brown
Sy Phen
Ity
Rer
Joan Leiker
Holcomb
Ward Loyd
Jeff Crist
Hoover
Disabled voters face parking and ramp barriers in rural Kansas polls
Election officials ready polls as volunteers and advocates report needs for wheelchair ramps and accessible entrances. Nine north central counties surveyed. Neosho County cites four of sixteen sites needing changes. County clerks urge voters to contact clerks or the secretary of state at 800 262 VOTE to resolve barriers.
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Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Skipper
Garden City
Cameron
Merristick
Don
Lustick
Neosho County
Linda Powers
Secretary of State’s
Roadside bomb kills Iraqi police chief
Iraqi authorities reported a car bombing north of Baqueba that killed Col. Mouyad Mohammed Bashar, chief of al Mamoun police station, and a patrolman, with six guardsmen wounded. A third officer was wounded, amid ongoing insurgent attacks on security forces.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Anbar
Baqueba
National Guard
Mohammed al-Duleimi
Maj
Neal O’brien
US. Army
Col
Mouyad Mohammed Bashar
al- Mamoun
Zayed Mohammed
al- Yarmouk Hospital
Water congress panel seeks common ground on aquifer policy
The Water Group conference in western Kansas plans panels on Ogallala Aquifer management and water rights amid litigation with Colorado and Nebraska. US Senator Sam Brownback will speak. organizers aim for annual meetings to unite agriculture industry and municipalities. Registration is $75, $85 day of.
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Ogallala
Colorado
Nebraska
Brenn
Sam Brownback
Sam
Water Congress
Kansas Water Authority
Kansas Division of Water Resources
Kansas
Shannon Ortega
GCCC
Shannon
Ortega
Tyson settlement trims OSHA violations and fines
Tyson reaches a compromise with OSHA after contesting 2008 health and safety citations. Several alleged violations were drawn or downgraded to de minimis, with fines reduced or dropped. Tyson to implement training, padding, signs, and guards, while officials caution the agreement is not an official final order.
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Tyson
OSHAC
OSHA
Gary
Mickelson
Kris Lenoch
Wichita Osha
Review Commission
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Loyd
Ira Skipper
Crist
E. Fulton
Michael Bloomberg
Dodge City Roundup
Ioa4
Ray
Ula
Sun
Wld
Nnly
US 90 Tobacco CO
Bank of America
PRCA
Heartland Band
Tas Cation
Candice Pyle Myers
Excel
Family Practice Associates
Saal Aa
Dodge
City Roundup
Ince
S. 14Th
Dodge City
Dcrodeo
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