Kansas House unveils plan for 500 million school funding
With the 2006 session half over the Kansas House Select Committee on School Finance moved to introduce a bill to phase in about 500 million dollars in funding over three years. Speaker Doug Mays said the bill would stay in the ballpark despite glitches in exact figures and distribution details.
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Topeka
House
House Select Committee
Kathleen Sebelius
Doug Mays
Mays
Ropeka
Asso
Chairman buckles down on booster bill
In Topeka Senate Transportation Chairman Les Donovan pursues a fifth vote on a booster seat bill after House passage. The measure would require drivers to secure children in booster seats and would create a class C misdemeanor for leaving a child eight or younger alone in a vehicle without a supervising person over thirteen. A second child safety bill also cleared committee with no opposition.
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Topeka
Hns
Senate
Les Donovan
Donovan
Sunflower seeks appellate path for air permit appeals
A Senate panel approved a bill allowing power companies to skip district court and begin appeals of air pollution permits in the State Court of Appeals. Sunflower Electric plans three large coal plants near Finney County, sparking concerns over mercury emissions. Opponents question the move to expedite appeals, arguing it bypasses district court review used for water and landfill permits.
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Hns
Senate
State Court of Appeals
Sunflower Electric
Hays
Finney County
Kansas
Rondeau
Charles Benjamin
The
Sierra Club
Benjamin
Fire victim transferred to Lakin hospital
Garden City woman LaMona Johnson, injured in a February 5 house fire at 506 N Ninth St, was released from Via Christi Regional Medical Center Burn Unit in Wichita and transferred to Kearny County Hospital in stable condition. Her 3-year-old son Derik Johnson died from injuries on February 8 after firefighters found them inside the rental two story home.
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Garden City
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Wichita
Kearny County Hospital
LaMona Johnson
Ninth St
Derik Johnson
Derik
Holcomb gets state grant for street repairs
City of Holcomb receives a state grant totaling 112 090 dollars toward a 420 090 dollar street improvement project. City Clerk Robin Pena said the Department of Commerce notified the city after it was initially told the grant would not be awarded.
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Holcomb
City
Robin Pena
Lauer
Douglas
South Lynch
South
Henderson
Penn
Kansas Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Moran cites high medical costs hurting Lakin residents
U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran on his Big First Listening Tour in Lakin says health care prices are harming area residents and communities. Deerfield resident Kent Landon cites agriculture tied economics as reducing ability to pay for care. Moran cites malpractice costs and $78 billion in unnecessary tests last year as part of the problem.
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Jerry Moran
R-Hays
Moran
Deerfield
Kent Landon
Agricul
Ture
Landon
Delores Edwards
Conra
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