Students help grade schools on bullying lessons
Garden City students from fifth to eighth grade gain insight into bullying and its remedies as SuEllen Fried visits Bernadine Sitts, Charles O Stones, Kenneth Henderson, and Abe Hubert middle and intermediate schools. She emphasizes discussion over lecturing, learning from students themselves during her talks.
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Kansas moves on tougher crime sentences with mixed support
Kansas lawmakers weigh harsh new penalties including a 40 year minimum for a second rape conviction while supporting Senate measures for treatment over prison for some nonviolent drug offenders. Gov Sebelius and A G Kline push reforms amid budget pressures, but progress is uneven with House backing and Senate opposition.
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House
Kathleen Sebelius
Phill Kline
Sebelius
Senate
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Judiciary Committee
Middle School Science Olympiad heats in light snow
Sublette Junior High seventh grader David Stoppel helps build a bottle rocket and robot for the regional Science Olympiad at Garden City Community College. Students tackle egg drop capsules, experimental design using tennis balls and rulers, and the Wright Stuff rubber band planes, with seven minutes to stay aloft.
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Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Stoppel
Houston
Chris Housman
Ben
Housman
Travis Richardson
Richardson
Kenneth Henderson
Stephanie Koop
Beth Ashley
Koop
Ashley
Kepley Middle School
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Attorneys say Sebelius overstepped in Blue Cross sale halt
In Topeka, Kansas, attorneys for Anthem and Anthem Insurance Cos claim former insurance commissioner Kathleen Sebelius exceeded authority by blocking the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas sale to an Indiana firm. The commissioner's office contends broad discretion allows action in the public interest.
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Topeka (Ap
Kathleen Sebelius
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of
Kansas
Indiana
Kansas Supreme Court
Kevin Fowler
Topeka
Anthem Insurance Cos
Kansas Insurance Commissioner’s Office
Dan Biles
Overland Park
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Anthem
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Pact would hike trooper salary in Kansas
Kansas troopers could receive a 10 percent raise this summer and 7.5 percent more in each of the next two years under a tentative agreement between the Kansas State Troopers Association and the Department of Administration. New troopers would earn 31 000 dollars in year one, up from 28 000. Critics warn the deal may spark pay gaps with other state workers.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas State Troopers Association
Department of Administration
Don Brownlee
House
Mel Minor
D-Stafford
Bill Light
R-Rolla
Public Safety
Brownlee
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