Moran to Take Calls During Smoky Hills TV Show
Jerry Moran will discuss the current session of Congress and take live Kansan calls on Smoky Hills Public Television in a Friday program titled Mid-America Life A Conversation with Jerry Moran. The live show runs 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. with hosts John Montgomery Randy Picking and Jenna Stout.
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Jerry Moran
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Smoky Hills
Jenna Stout
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Prosperity summit planned in Leoti
Governor Kathleen Sebelius initiative prompts a bipartisan prosperity summit in Leoti to brainstorm regional growth. Attendees include local government leaders and business figures from Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott, Wichita, and Finney counties. Contact 620 276 3264 for details.
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Kansas
Kansans
Leoti Vew
East Highway 96
Leoti
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Lane
Scott
Wichita
Finney
Sharla Krenzel
Wichita County
Overland Park Rejects Sunday liquor referendum effort
Opponents failed to gather enough signatures for a public vote on Sunday liquor sales in Overland Park. Petition submitted with 50 signatures fell well short of the 1,374 required. final decision rests with the Johnson County Election Commissioner after petition review. Jane Clark urged voters to decide. Council member Bob Hix defended the May decision backing Sunday sales. Road Hotline 1 800 585 7623.
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Overland Park
Bob Watson
Kansas City
Watson
Johnson County
Jane Clark
Clark
Bob Hix
Garden City Downtown Vision meeting to hear Hutchinson insights
The Downtown Vision Committee invites community members to a 7 p.m. Wednesday session at the American Legion on 125 W Pine St to hear Hutchinson officials discuss downtown revitalization. Hutchinson officials will share experiences from their Hyett Palma study and Downtown Revitalization Partnership Group as Garden City weighs Sasaki and local efforts.
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Main Street
Downtown Vision Committee
American Legion
W. Pine St
Hutchinson
Pat Baughman
Volun
Teer
Hyett Palma
Sasaki
Jim Leitwater
Leitwater
City Commission
June Cleaver
Blackthorne Rose
Squire’s
Baughman
Vision Committee
Opment
Scott
Diversity institute shares teaching tips on diverse students
About 170 educators attended Garden City Community College for the third annual Diverse Educational Solutions Education Institute spanning two days. Linda Trujillo, USD 457 supplemental programs director, said the event covers second language programs, sheltered instruction, immigrant rights, and multilingual book creation. Prominent researchers Drs. Collier and Thomas discussed bilingual education, while presenter Roger Rosenthal addressed migrant education access and parent rights. Districts must provide translations and English language learning programs.
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Diverse Educational Solutions Education Institute
Garden City Community College
Linda Trujillo
Trujillo
USD 457
Wichita
Topeka
Jane Stout
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Jo Gusman
Gusman
Stout
Rosa Aranda
Emporia
Kansas
Aranda
Virginia Collier
Wayne Thomas
Roger Rosenthal
Migrant Legal Action Program
Washington D.C
Migrant Legal Action
Rosenthal
Beier named new Kansas Supreme Court justice
Court of Appeals Judge Carol Beier was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Beier, 44, of Topeka, fills the vacancy from Justice Bob Abbott and becomes the third woman on the seven member court alongside Chief Justice Kay McFarland and Justice Marla Luckert. Beier has a background as a partner at Foulston and Siefkin and legal work in white collar defense and public service.
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Court of Appeals
Carol Beier
Kansas Supreme Court
Kathleen Sebelius
Beier
Bob Abbott
Kay McFarland
Marla Luckert
McFarland
Luckert
Bill Graves
Carol
Sebelius
Graves
Salina
Lawton Nuss
Robert Gernon
Triguing
Supreme Court
Don Allegrucci
Robert Davis
Foulston and Siefkin
Wichita
Washington, D.C
National Women’s Law Center
James Logan
US Court of Appeals
10Th Circuit
University of Kansas
Richard Green
KPERS faces worse long term health says consultants
KPERS the Kansas retirement system shows a dramatic deterioration in its long term funding. Milliman USA estimates the unfunded liability at 2.83 billion dollars, up from 1.4 and 1.8 billion in earlier years. Current retirees remain protected but future funding will demand budget action.
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Topeka
Pension Fund
Kansas
Milliman USA
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
KPERS
Glenn Deck
Lawrence Journal-World
Milliman USA Inc
Sebelius to Visit Kansas Troops in Bosnia Peacekeeping Mission
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will travel August 22 to Europe and Bosnia with Maj. Gen. Greg Gardner and other Kansas officials to visit about 400 Kansas Army National Guard troops with the 35th Infantry Division. The 35th Division unit is headquartered at Fort Leavenworth.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Bosnia
Sebelius
Kansas National Guard
Greg Gardner
Germany
Kansas Army
National Guard
35Th
Fort Leavenworth
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Nicole Corcoran
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