Snowfall Douses Area With Up To Seven Inches
Snowfall from four to seven inches blanketed the region from Sublette to Garden City and beyond causing school closures. Forecasters labeled it the first significant moisture of the season with winter wheat benefit cited by Whitehill. City Link service halted in Garden City and Meals on Wheels canceled at the Finney County Senior Center.
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Donna Collins
Finney County
Sublette
Garden City
Whitehill
Kansas
Hugoton
Kansas Highway Patrol
North Scott County
Gray County
Dean “Whitey
Scoti
Montezuma
Scott City
Cimarron
Holcomb
Lakin
Deerfield
Satanta
Finney County Transit
Critics push to repeal Kansas immigrant tuition law
Critics seek repeal of the 2004 in-state tuition policy for some illegal immigrants as the Kansas House shifts in favor. The effort faces Senate hurdles and a noncommittal Gov. Brownback. The House committee opened hearings with residents arguing federal-law conflicts, fairness concerns for out-of-state and foreign students, and a push to end the law.
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Topeka
Kansas
State House
Senate
Sam Brownback
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kansas House OKs cuts to current state budget
The Kansas House approved a Brownback backed bill to trim the current budget, aiming to free about 35 million in reserves by June 30. It seeks to close a projected 492 million shortfall for 2012, with an 81-40 vote sending the measure to the Senate and broad conservative GOP support. The plan would cut pay 7.5 percent for state officials including the governor, legislators, and agency heads.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Sam Brownback
Brownback
House
Senate
Chamber
Swender emphasizes student focus for GCCC presidency
Garden City Community College presidential finalist Herbert J. Swender argues involvement drives the college mission. He currently leads Frank Phillips College and cites top two-year college rankings. Swender, part of a four-candidate field, stressed engaging students, technology, and forward planning during a campus forum in the Academic Building.
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Garden City Community College
John Collins
Kansas Avenue
Herbert J. Swender
Swender
GCCC
Frank Phillips College
Berger
Texas
Washington Monthly Magazine
United States
Snender
Richard Underbakke
East Moline
Ill
Marnie Fischer
Fergus Falls, Minn
Daniel Bain
Independence
Gccc Board of Trustees
Joseph Emmons
Lawrence
Board of Trustees
Herbert Swender
Borger
Weather forecast for tonight and Thursday
Tonight clear and frigid with a low of minus 2. Thursday will be sunny with a high of 34 and a low of 10. Details on page Ag.
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Maaing
Ram
Jerome P. Curry
Gctelegram
Lee Swender
Nadine
Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie
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