Brownback likely to nab committee seat
Senate posture and committee talk center on Sam Brownback as he appears ready to join the Senate Appropriations Committee next year. He would fill a key spending role unless a more senior member blocks the move, with Finance possible if reassignment changes. Pat Roberts urged resolution of the Trent Lott controversy before the GOP leadership decision due January. Lott faces calls to step down after praising Strom Thurmond’s 1948 candidacy, with Thurmond’s 100th birthday party events cited.
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Sam Brownback
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
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China
Appropriations
Senate Finance Committee
Pat Roberts
Trent Lott
Roberts
Lott
GOP
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
Mississippi
Families sue over parole error tied to Carr killings
In Wichita, families of Aaron Sander, Jason Befort, and Brad Heyka sue the state and corrections secretary for damages, claiming a clerical parole slip allowed Reginald Carr to leave Ford County jail in December 2000, enabling the fatal soccer field rampage. The suits seek relief merged with a prior case by the widower of Ann Valenta.
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Wichita
Jonathan
Reginald Carr
Carr
Jack Fecht
Ford County
Bill Miskell
Department of Corrections
Secretary of Corrections
Aaron Sander
Jason Befort
Brad Heyka
Sedgwick County
Wichita Symphony Orchestra
Ann Valenta
Cattle feeder sues Farmland National Beef in Missouri
Kansas cattle feeder Mike Callicrate sues Farmland National Beef alleging the company boycotted his Callicrate Feed yards in St Francis after he criticized meatpackers for market power. The suit, filed in Western Missouri federal court, seeks at least 5.34 million in actual damages plus punitive damages and attorney fees as Callicrate remains a critic of industry consolidation.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas
Mike Callicrate
Farmland National Beef
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Sebelius Won't Rescind Graves City County Aid Cuts
Gov elect Kathleen Sebelius will not reverse outgoing Gov Bill Graves 48 million cut in local aid to cities and counties, while House Speaker Doug Mays doubts a lawsuit will spur rapid legislative action. The suit by 79 counties 186 cities and local government groups argues the action was unfair illegal and aimed to avoid broader cuts. Graves says the cut addresses a 312 million deficit and is only a portion of total local spending. Sebelius plans a budget for 2004 starting July 1 and will not second guess the current cuts. Mays notes lawmakers face a tough financial backdrop with limited chance of restoring all funds. Local officials say the action came after budget and tax levies were set for 2003.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Bill Graves
Doug Mays
Finney County
Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Kansas Association of Counties
League of Kansas Municipalities
Graves
Cials
Kansas Supreme Court
Sebelius
Nicole Corcoran-Basso
Kathleen
Corcoran-Basso
Mays
Aopeka
Kansas
Supreme Court
eighth grade career day prompts career focus at garden city college
Garden City and Holcomb eighth graders attended the Eighth Grade Career Day at Garden City Community College. Local employers and professionals urged students to pursue college, learn job skills, and plan for the future, with talks on interviews, appearance, and drug testing.
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Garden City Community College
Bob Larson
Garden City
Holcomb
GCCC
Larson
Finney County felon faces parole hearings this February
Manuel Rodriguez, jailed at El Dorado Correctional Facility, is up for parole after four convictions in Finney County. The Kansas Parole Board will hold public-comment sessions in Wichita February preceding hearings, with additional sessions in Topeka and Kansas City Kansas. Public input allowed. victims may submit written statements to the board.
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Department of Corrections
Manuel Rodriguez
Finney County
el Dorado
Wichita
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Topeka
City Hall
McDowell Plaza
Seventh St
Kansas City
Kan
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South
State Alcohol Deaths Fall Slower Than Most States
Kansas saw alcohol related highway deaths drop 52 percent from 1982 to 2001, far less than the more than 70 percent decline in several states. The state ranked 46th in the nation for the drop, with 498 total traffic deaths in 1982 of which 258 were alcohol related and 194 of 494 in 2001. Vermont led with a 79.5 percent decline.
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Kansas
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Wratil
Wratil
Rleawood
Carla Stovall
Vermont
Nevada
Utah
New York
Kentucky
Garden City urged as possible regents center site
Finney County Economic Development Corp seeks Garden City as a potential home for a new regents center in southwest Kansas. Dodge City had been proposed, but FCEDC favors Garden City if state funding becomes available, though Garden City Community College backs no formal push now. FCEDC also elected John Scheppner as chairman and Dennis Smith as vice chairman in related actions.
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Southwest
Kansas
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Garden City
St. Mary’s of the Plains College
Dodge City
Southwest Kansas
Home Depot
FCEDC
Frank Reifschneider
Garden City Community College
von Hunn
Dennis Smith
John Scheppner
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