Kansas House backs repeal of in state tuition for some immigrants
The Kansas House passed HB 2006 72 to 50 advancing to the Senate floor to repeal a 2004 law allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in state tuition at public colleges if they meet admission rules and attend Kansas high school for at least three years. Regents say 413 students enrolled last fall and the law has faced long criticism.
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Senate
Kansas
U.S
Educa
Tional Board
Kansas House
Reynaldo Mesa
Rgarden City
Mesa
Larry Powell
County rejects plan for multi county taxing district
County commissioners 4-1 vote against creating a new taxing district proposed by Kansas State University Research and Extension officials. They warned future state funding cuts could shift the burden to Finney County taxpayers and questioned fairness of a multi county board.
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Kansas State Research and Extension
Wichita County
Dean Whitehill
Finney County
County Commission
Roman Halbur
Halbur
Garden City FFA Leader Wins Two Titles in District Contest
Lindy Bilberry, president of Garden City FFA, captured two individual championships at the Southwest District FFA Career Development event held at Garden City Community College. Contests on Tuesday tested public speaking, sales and job interview skills after Feb 2 postponement due to ice. The Beth Tedrow Student Center hosted the event with coordinator Cindy VenJohn. Bilberry, a senior, emerged victorious in district sales and another category.
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Whitney Cummings
Kiersten Scott
Garden City Community College
Beth Tedrow
Cummings
Garden City
Scott
Scott City
Madison Sater
FFA
Holcomb
Future Farmers of America
Lindy Bilberry
Kansas
GCCC
Cindy VenJohn
Bilberry
Garden City High School project 60 percent complete
Construction on the $92.5 million Garden City High School complex is about 60 percent finished and about $3 million under budget. USD 457 Superintendent Rick Atha and project officials told Garden City Noon Lions the job remains six weeks ahead of schedule with ceramic tile and cabinetry starting next week. About 300 workers, mainly local, are on site daily from Kansas and other states, with 35 to 40 percent of subcontracts awarded to local firms. The project is slated to open in fall 2012.
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Garden City
Noon Lions
USD 457
Rick Atha
Stewart Nelson
Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael & Nelson
Steve Ebert
Adolphson & Peterson Construction
Ryan Anderson
Adolphson & Peterson
Jerry Bell
Anderson
Lions
Wheatland
Ebert
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Oklahoma
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R-Lakin
Powell
Steve Alford
R-Ulysses
Don Hineman
R-Dighton
Alford
Grant County
Gran
Area Ffa
Jerome P. Curry
Gctelegram
Garden City High School
Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie
Garden City Co-op
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