Democrats rally to mobilize voters in Kansas election
Democrats in Finney County mobilize for the November election highlighting education jobs health care and security. They urge registration and turnout for governor state and federal races plus local offices while promoting early voting and volunteers to write letters make calls and assemble yard signs.
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Kansas
U.S
State Board of Education
Sebelius
Tim Cruz
Gates
Grace Weddell
Finney County
Democratic Party
Lon Wartman
Finney County Party
Dodge City
Lakin
Wartman
Weather moisture boosts wheat as area earns rain
Area receives welcome moisture with corn planted in May. Elliott notes moisture helps wheat germination, though still early. August totals at the experiment station reach 1.22 inches versus 2.56 normal, while year-to-date 13.22 inches trail 14.04. Airport rain is 1.70 inches this month, ahead of August norm, but 9.49 inches year to date lagging the 15.33 inch average.
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Elliott
Knapp
Derby District Banks on Spending for Open Records Battle
Derby school district has paid $325,000 to the organization over eight years and cites attorney-client privilege as protection. State lawmakers criticize uses of taxpayer money and lack of financial records. Capital Journal sues to classify Schools for Fair Funding Inc. as a public agency under open records law.
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Ing
Don Adkisson
Derby
Adkisson
Kansas
Schools For Fair Funding
Arkansas City
Augusta
Dodge City
el Dorado
Emporia
Fort Scott
Garden City
Great Bend
Emporia Board, Schools for Fair Funding Ties Scrutinized
Since 1998 Emporia district has given the organization 260417, while more than 100 other districts say they never contributed. Officials defend involvement as transparent and subject to annual review, with access to financial records. Rural districts worry funding shifts could favor urban areas amid legislative increases. Wakeeney cautions against funding moves harming small schools.
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Emporia
Jeff Larson
Larson
John Heim
Bluebird
Heim
Wakeeney
Robert Scheib
Trego County
Volunteers bring welcoming touch to hospital doors
Garden City natives Jameson and Craig, homemakers with large families, volunteer at St. Catherine Hospital after their children started school. They say volunteering brightens days, while coordinator Shari Brandenburg notes roles in gift shop, waiting room, and patient liaisons. The hospital also offers a VolunTeen program for youths and praises volunteers as welcoming, dedicated, and community minded.
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Garden City
Jameson
Craig
Shari Brandenburg
St. Catherine
No. 1
Brandenburg
VolunTeen
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