Poverty rises in Kansas amid worsening national economy
Kansas faces a growing poverty problem as the state’s figures climb from 9.6 percent in 2000 to about 11.7 percent in 2007, with 904,000 Kansans below 200 percent of poverty. Rising costs, increased food assistance, Medicaid spend, and aid for at risk students amplify strain on taxpayers and local communities.
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Social Services Agency
Kansas
US Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gary Brunk
Kansas Action For Children
Kansas State University
Brunk
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Michelle Ponce
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Dale Dennis
Human Services Policy Center
University of Washington
Seattle
Kyle Ermoran
Hays
Ellis County
Four lane US 50 400 83 upgrade moves forward in Finney County
Finney County and Garden City advance a long planned four lane divided highway from IBP Road west of Holcomb to east of Third Street in Garden City. The $68.1 million project will add interchanges at Big Lowe Road and at US 50 400 US 83 junction with a mid February bid setting and July 2011 completion target. Local funding and eminent domain debates accompany the plan as Holcomb adjusts Taylor Avenue and city plans align with the highway upgrade.
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Finney County
Garden City
Holcomb
Third Street
Big Lowe Road
Thompson
KDOT
Cliff Mayo
Holcomb City
Mayo
Kansas
Dodge City
Liberal
Chmelka
Anderson
VFW
Hutchinson
Taylor Avenue
Mary Street
Robin Pena
Students to witness historic inauguration in Washington DC
About 15 Garden City students from the GCHS History Club will attend Barack Obama’s inauguration and 2009 parade. Funds were raised through toy disinfection fundraisers, concession work, and after school jobs. The trip costs roughly 1500 per student and includes tours of Arlington National Cemetery the Smithsonian Library of Congress the U.S. Capitol the Supreme Court and the National Archives.
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Dents
Barack Obama
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francoeur
Shrimplin
Washington, D.C
Russo
Pennsylvania Avenue
Garden City
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
The
Smithsonian
Library of Congress
U.S. Capital
Supreme Court
National Archives
Russell Child Development Center
GCHS
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Goldworks
Palden City
Barrett
N. Fleming
Lee.barrett
Statefarm
ATE Farm
Bloomington, IL
Etefarm.com
Fem
FCHS
Finneycohs.org
Hubris Communications
Bobby Wild
Q97
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Isabele * Mon
Nelson
P.A
Agony Epuliendyee
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