Candidates Forum Hosted by Organization in Finney County
The Americans for Prosperity sponsors a public candidate forum at 7 p.m. Friday at the Senior Center of Finney County in Finney County. Jeff Whitham and Roy Dixon seek the Kansas House 123rd District seat, with Finney County Commission hopefuls Harold Starr Cliff Mayo Cletus Feldt Dan Linton Larry Jones and Roman Halbur also expected. Each question allows two minutes for inquiry and three minutes per response.
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Americans For Prosperity
Finney County
10Th St
Jeff Whitham
Roy Dixon
Kansas House
Harold Starr
Cliff Mayo
Cletus Feldt
Dan ‘Linton
Larry Jones
Roman Halbur
Kansans Get Health Policy Board Emphasizing Healthy Living
The Kansas Health Care Policy Authority will pursue a plan by Jan 1, 2007 to place healthy living on par with health care spending. Interim director Marcia Nielsen says the board aims to educate residents about healthy practices while consolidating seven health programs. The board meets its first regular session Tuesday.
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Kansas
Nielsen
Countywide wireless plan eyed for three Johnson County cities
Johnson County and its three largest cities Lenexa Leawood and Overland Park agreed to spend 180000 to explore a countywide wireless network. The project could provide 24 hour high speed Internet access for residents and aid public safety and firefighting operations. Analysts say it could lower costs and boost access across the 460 square mile area.
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Clathe
Johnson County
Lrgest
Lenexa
Lathe
Overland Park
Alan Shark
The
Public Technology Institute
Washington, D.C
Welfare work rules tighten cash aid in Kansas
Kansas narrows welfare work activity definitions under new federal rules, removing education and parenting classes from eligibility for temporary cash aid unless a job is held. Substance abuse treatment time is also limited while critics say child care support is insufficient.
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Topeka
Hns
Dennis Priest
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Priest
Kansas
Congress
Canfield outlines economic plan for Kansas voters
Ken Canfield, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful, pitched a four point strategy to grow Kansas’s economy through equity education entrepreneurship and environment. He proposes a $1 billion equity fund leveraging private and public bonds and tapping university research to foster private sector growth while allowing professors to work with business partners. Critics argue for less debt and emphasize tax cuts, while Canfield claims funding would rely on private bonds without state tax dollars. Nichols endorsed Canfield, a former congressman who served 1991 to 1993.
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Topeka
Ken Canfield
Kansas
Canfield
Statehouse
Kathleen Sebelius
Jim Barnett
Robin Jennison
Robert Sherwood
Johnson County
Sherwood
Barnett
Dan Snell
Jennison
Garden City school board approves 2006 07 contracts and goals
Garden City USD 457 approves a 6 to 0 vote for the 2006 07 negotiated teacher contract with a 5 percent salary boost and base raise from 29624 to 31182, plus experience based increases. The board adopts seven broad goals on standards, safety, technology and personnel and installs new officers. Also approved 39000 for tech upgrades including printers and Smart boards and names Joshua Guymon associate principal at Victor Ornelas and Florence Wilson elementaries.
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Garden City Usd 457
Board of Education
Gail Dunford
Mike Utz
John Scheppner
Buffalo Broadcasting System
Joshua Guymon
Victor Ornelas
Florence Wilson
Guymon
Cattle monitoring tech eyes future pasture use
Kansas State University researchers develop a wireless wearable monitoring system for cattle to track temperature blood pressure activity and location. At about 300 per unit with cheaper internal sensors the system could identify ill animals earlier reduce quarantines and aid epidemic and bioterrorism detection while NSF funds two more years of research in Manhattan and off campus trials are planned next summer.
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Bessie
Kansas State University
Dan Andresen
Andresen
Ron Hale
Finney County Extension Office
Don Hineman
Hineman
National Science Foundation
Manhattan
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Health Agency
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Gary Eye
Steven Sandstrom
William ‘McCay
McCay
Eye
Rite
Avnice
Paula Gibson
Gibson
Courtney Goble
Garden City
Goble
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