Jena Six move on in small Louisiana town five years on
In Jena Louisiana a 3000 person town returns to normal after a civil rights protest era. the Jena Six case began in 2006 after a black student asked to sit under a tree and nooses appeared. years later residents say the town has moved forward with education and ambition among the former defendants and victims.
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Jena
Louisiana
Justin Barker
Reed Walters
LaSalle Parish
al Sharpton
Jesse Jackson
Walters
Jena Six
Bell
Southern University
Louis Scott
Theo Shaw
Louisiana University-Monroe
Innocence Project
Bryant Purvis
Southeastern
Darwin Jones
Associated Press
Trout
Pacesetters Luncheon Honors Early United Way Givers
Finney County United Way celebrates pacesetters for boosting donations and campaign momentum. Chandra Daffer of Girl Scouts KS Heartland and Debbie Berry from Commerce Bank praise United Way support and urge broader business participation. A list of supporting sponsors includes Bank of the West, Black Hills Energy, Commerce Bank, First National Bank of Garden City, Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce, Target, UPS and others.
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Webb
United Way
Chandra Daffer
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
Debbie Berry
Commerce Bank
Sandoval
Finney County
Bank of the West
Black Hills Energy
Don and Mary Eves
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
First National Bank of Garden City
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Garden City State Bank
Golden Plains Credit Union
Keller-Leopold Insurance
Lee Construction
Lewis Hooper & Dick, LLC
Pishney Financial Services
Lc, Scheppner’s Water Conditioning
Target
UPS
Dr. Blake Wasinger
Wheat Lands
Senator Roberts tours drought amid farm bill hearings
Senator Roberts led a drought tour in Kansas joined by the Kansas Water Office the state Department of Agriculture and the state climatologist. Farmer Chad Basinger showed Conservation Reserve Program fields baled or grazed as hay supplies tighten. Roberts cited 1.6 billion dollars in lost Kansas revenue and stressed preserving crop insurance as part of a farm safety net. September through October wheat planting requires precipitation or residua moisture loss threatens fall planting. A Wichita hearing titled Looking Ahead Kansas and the 2012 Farm Bill will follow as the committee drafts new farm legislation in a cost cutting climate.
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Roberts
Kansas Water Office
State Department of Agriculture
State Climatologist
Chad Basinger
Kansas
Mary Knapp
Wichita
Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington, D.C
Lawmakers question SRS on wait lists and funding
State legislators pressed SRS over why many residents prefer community care to nursing homes. They cited a nearly 2,500 person waiting list and an estimated 1,100 underserved. Debates arose over funding intent, faith based emphasis, and open budgeting while Sen. Laura Kelly called for transparency in next session.
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SRS
Moreno
Jerry Henry
House Budget Committee
Laura Kelly
Topeka
Senate Budget Committee
Kelly
Poll results show declines in Obama economy approval
AP News poll finds disapproval of Obama's handling of the economy rising to 68 percent with 48 percent strongly disapproving and only 36 percent approving. Democratic support sinks to 58 percent while Republican approval drops to 9 percent. Overall, 52 percent disapprove of his job performance. Unemployment sits at 9.2 percent in July, complicating re election prospects.
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Obama
Apgfe
Osama bin Laden
Dan Elliott
Hillsboro
Ill
Judith Lee
Great Diamond Island
Maine
Lee
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Robert Bailey Jr
Georgia
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Bailey
Mychal Bell
H&r
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Kansas Plaza
Garden City
Sam Brownback
Robert Siedlecki Jr
Anna Pilato
St. Catherine Hospital
Bret E. Heskett
Atholic
N. Main Street
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