Garden City to review TIGER VI grant at special meeting
The Garden City Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Monday at the City Administration Center to review TIGER VI grant documents for the Southwest Chief Route Improvement project and consider grant agreements with the Federal Railroad Administration Kansas Department of Transportation and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The Garden City Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday to approve negotiated teaching contracts for 2015-16 and 2016-17. The 2015 Syracuse River Run and Duck Race has been postponed to August 29 due to heavy upstream rainfall affecting the Arkansas River.
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Governor nominates George Hansen as commerce secretary
Gov. Sam Brownback nominates George Hansen of Leawood as Kansas commerce secretary with Senate confirmation pending. Hansen, president of Enterprise Center of Johnson County, would assume in September after Pat George leaves in July. he has prior leadership at Zave Networks and experience in private equity and consumer services.
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Kobach defends firing over performance not church attendance
Secretary of State Kris Kobach rejected claims that a 2013 dismissal of Courtney Canfield was due to her church attendance. He said Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rucker fired her for poor performance, while Canfield's federal suit argues the action violated her religious expression.
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State Democratic Party chairman resigns in Kansas
Kansas Democratic Party chairman Larry Meeker resigned after less than six months due to disagreement with branding ideas linked to national figures. Meeker steps down after DemoFest in Wichita with interim chairwoman Kathryn Focke taking over.
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