Record drought claims near $1B in Kansas wheat losses
Kansas farmers report about 987.3 million dollars in crop insurance indemnities from the USDA Risk Management Agency Topeka office, reflecting drought that rivals the 1930s and 2002 highs. About 6.4 million acres paid, with weekly increases noted by Director Rebecca Davis, who expects a total near one billion.
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U.S
Department of Agriculture
Topeka
Rebecca Davis
Kansas
Davis
Famous Kansans Wax Museum Students Share State History
Erik Hernandez a 9 year old fourth grader at Victor Ornelas Elementary dressed as Wyatt Earp with a sheriff badge and mustache while classmates presented a wax museum on famous Kansans. About 75 students gave speeches detailing personal and professional lives as part of a social studies project for Kansas Day.
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Alex Sebranek
Andy Nguyen
Jose Soto
Barry Sanders
Victor Ornelas
Thida Southuvongsa
Buffalo Bill
Erik Hernandez
Hernandez
Wyatt Earp
Martin Eduardo Martinez Ponce
Finney County seeks state rail funds for logistics site expansion
Finney County Commission unanimously approved applying for KDOT funds to expand tracks at county property leased to Transportation Partners and Logistics, LLC. The Casper Wyoming company operates near Jennie Barker Road and U.S. Highway 50 400 beside the Conestoga Energy ethanol plant and wind component shipments. The project adds about 8344 feet of track to support two wind component manufacturers under contract, with wind shipments to the site increasing rail needs.
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Finney County
Kansas Department of Transportation
Transportation Partners and Logistics, LLC
Jennie Barker Road
Conestoga Energy
Casper
KDOT
State Rail Service Improvement Fund
Lona Duvall
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Tp&l
Kobach says voter ID law works in first test
Secretary of State Kris Kobach told a Senate committee the new voter ID law did not suppress turnout in Cimarron's Jan. 10 election, noting only one ID-less voter opposed the law. He outlined a Wichita vote Feb. 28 on a $2 million subsidy for the Ambassador Hotel and announced a public education push funded by $300,000 from the Help America Vote Act. Concerns were raised about access to free birth certificates for voting, with reports of fees or delays.
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Topeka
Mct
Kris Kobach
Kobach
Senate Committee On Ethics and Elections
Cimarron
Wichita
Ambassador
Union National Bank
Douglas and
Broadway
Alpaca cria born at Lee Richardson Zoo South American Pampas
A 16 pound baby female alpaca cria learns to stand at Lee Richardson Zoo in the South American Pampas exhibit. It is the zoo’s first birth of the year and the ninth for mother Ebony, an alpaca of South American camelid lineage.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Zoo
Ebony
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