Sunflower power plant project delayed by court ruling
A federal judge in Washington ordered an environmental impact statement before Sunflower Electric Power Corp may proceed with a 2.8 billion dollar, 875 megawatt coal plant near Holcomb Kansas. The ruling delays construction and mandates the Rural Utilities Service address the environmental study.
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Kansas City
Washington
Kansas
Emmett Sullivan
Rural Utilities Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Sunflower
Cindy Hertel
Associated Press
Sullivan
AUS
Finney County
People of
Kansas plan would let some illegal immigrants stay and work
A coalition of business groups in Topeka proposed a Kansas program to allow certain illegal immigrants to remain in the state to fill jobs in agriculture and other labor-shortage industries. The plan, drawing varied reactions, mirrors broader immigration debates in a state led by Kris Kobach.
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Kansas
Topeka
Immigration Policy Council
Utah
Kris Kobach
Alabama
Arizona
Kobach
Business Coalition
Agriculture Groups
Kansas Chamber of
Kansas Senate leader questions open meetings at dinners
Kansas Senate president says he questioned whether Gov. Brownback hosted legislative dinners in January violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The governor’s spokeswoman calls them social gatherings and says no law was broken.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Sam Brownback
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Cedar Crest
Senate
KPERS
House Pensions and Benefits Committee
Brownback
Morris
Kpers Select Committee
Topeka Capital- Journal
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
Hometown heroes brave December weather to save heart attack patient
Chad Griffith, 44, faced a life threatening heart attack during a blizzard on December 19 2011 as severe weather hampered travel to care. His doctors cited a 99 percent heart blockage while EMS and KDOT cooperated to establish a route to reach critical cardiology care in Hays.
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Chad Griffith
Scott City
Griffith
Scott County
Elizabeth Hineman
Hays Medical Center
Garden City
Weather Outlook: Mostly Sunny Today and Breezy Thursday
Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 59 and a low around 29. Thursday turns partly sunny and breezy with a high about 55 and a low near 32. Details on page A8.
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Chicago
Annie
Garden City
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KDOT
Oakley
Jerry Glassman
Scott County Ems
Glassman
Lee Griffith
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