Local businesses feel heat wave impact on services and sales
In a triple digit spell, Comfort Specialists Heating and Air Conditioning reports eight to twenty service calls daily as hotter air conditions strain units. Weber Refrigeration notes consecutive 100 degree plus days drive repairs, with Freon leaks and dirty filters worsening performance. Dairy Queen owner Diane Lee says sales dip as heat intensifies.
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Brian Weber
Weber
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Diane Lee
Conservatives push to oust moderate Republicans in state legislatures
Conservative groups fund primary challenges aimed at several dozen moderates in the Midwest and South, seeking to tilt state governments toward stricter policies. In Kansas, lawmakers backing Gov. Brownback’s tax cuts face replacement as groups like the Club for Growth and Americans for Prosperity expand efforts and spend heavily in Missouri Iowa Minnesota New Mexico. Texans for Lawsuit Reform spent 3.5 million in late 2012, signaling intensified intra party conflict after 2010 GOP gains.
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mid-America
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Midwest
South
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Kansas
Senate
Sam Brownback
Club For Growth
Missouri
Americans For Prosperity
Iowa
Minnesota
New Mexico
Texans For Lawsuit Reform
Michigan
Drees seeks Finney County Commission seat on farming experience
Duane Drees a 57 year old fourth generation farmer aims to represent rural Finney County in the Third District. He faces Troy Unruh in the GOP primary with Patsy Fort unopposed on the Democrat side. the winner faces Patsy Fort in November. Doll will not seek a third term after 2004.
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Drees
Finney County Commission
GOP
County Commission
Don Doll
Troy Unruh
Patsy Fort
Fort
Doll
Garden City
Finney County
Unruh Aims to Boost Finney County Economic Growth
Troy Unruh Republican candidate for Finney County Third District says growth is priority and the county should actively fund economic development incentives. He faces Duane Drees in the Aug 7 primary for the seat held by Don Doll. Patsy Fort runs unopposed in the Democratic primary.
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Finney County
Troy Unruh
County Commission
Don Doll
Unruh
Duane Drees
Patsy Fort
Fort
Ning
Doll
Garden City
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