Ban on cellphone use while driving faces enforceability doubts
A mix of drivers and professionals from Dallas to Minneapolis express varied views on a future national ban. Some would comply or adapt with hands free tech, others fear business disruption and unreliable enforcement, while several cite cognitive distraction and the ubiquity of car tech as reasons against a full ban.
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J.R. Maddox
Minneapolis
Maddox
South Dakota
Larry Anderson
A & A Express Inc
Brandon
S.D
New York City
Chrissy DeLuso
DeLuso
Jo Trizila
Dallas
TrizCom Inc
Brownback outlines plan to overhaul school funding
Gov Brownback proposes a new funding formula to replace the 1992/2005/2006 system. The plan raises base state aid about 2 percent for 2013 14, targets dollars to poorer districts, and ends tying aid to at risk or non English speaking students. Critics warn of uneven gains and tax levy shifts.
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Brownback
State Board of Education
Julie Ford
Topeka
Ken Willard
Hutchinson
Fulmer
Dodge City
Kansas City
Wichita
Kansas House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Democratic Party
Joan Wagnon
Walt Chappell
Distraction provokes debate on proposed cellphone ban
Local law enforcement weighs a cellphone ban amid safety concerns. Officer Bascue notes the 2010 texting law improved road safety and warns that any mobile use while driving can cause accidents. Sgt Reagle supports restricting devices as a safety measure with enforcement possible from observable activity. Community members differ with some drivers already limiting use and others against a full ban while at stoplights.
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Bascue
Michael Reagle
Garden City
Stone
Garden City Community College
Charles Payne
Payne
Raschard Burkette
Hotel development eyed for Holcomb area overpass site
Holcomb officials discuss a potential hotel and dining complex at the Big Lawe highway overpass site. FCEDC plans feasibility studies and cost benefit analyses to attract Choice Hotels brands while weighing city funds and sewer upgrades. Council members urge case by case consideration amid budget limits. Meeting set for January 11 at city offices.
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Duvall
Holcomb
Gary Newman
Lawe Highway
Newman
FCEDC
Sible
Gas and Electric
Brian Rupp
Tracy Davis
Greg Cox
Cox
Comfort Inn
Sleep Inn
Clarion
Comfort Suites
Rodeway Inn
N. Lynch St
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