Holcomb taps O Connor for post as superintendent
O Connor named to start July 1 at USC 459 Bucklin with laptop initiative ahead. He backs program strengths while urging removal of ineffective practices and notes Kansas policy familiarity from prior roles in Texas and New Mexico.
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Holcomb
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Smith Center
Texas
Walden University
Counties pursue joint bid to lure businesses in new bill
Senate Ways and Means Committee heard Senate Bill 378 on Monday proposing voluntary county consolidation to attract firms. Four county commissions have met quarterly to share ideas, with officials praising cooperation and predicting broader state impact as the bill aims to apply nationwide.
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Kansas Advisory Council On Intergovernmental
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Seed supply tight as Kansas corn acre boom nears
Seed demand rises amid expected nationwide corn acreage surge. Vinduska notes popular biotech hybrids sold out before Thanksgiving as cotton belt growers shift to corn where prices near double last year. Bob Timmons plans around 1000 acres, facing seed size limits but high prices offsetting losses. Jere White forecasts a sharp rise in Kansas corn plantings, likely from soybean rotations, while winter wheat plantings limit reallocation.
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Kansas
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Bob Timmons
Fredonia
Timmons
Jere White
Tor
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Dems drop Iran clause from Iraq war funding bill
Democratic leaders remove the Iran approval requirement from a military spending bill funding Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure, tied to a Sept. 1 2008 Iraq troop withdrawal deadline, still faces opposition from Republicans and a Bush veto threat.
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D-Calif
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District considers all day kindergarten at USD 363
USD 363 weighs replacing kinder prep and half day programs with full day kindergarten for all students. Parents could opt for half day, with transportation expected to be provided by families for those students. School officials caution about bus routes and fatigue, but say gains in readiness for first grade are likely.
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Garden City
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Emily Hamlin
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Holcomb Recreation Commission
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Scott
USD 363
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Phil Keidel
Becky Peitz
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Kennedy
Kala Rios
Mariana
Wiley Elementary School
White House debated firing prosecutors amid Democratic pressure
Perino testified that Kyle Sampson objected to a wholesale prosecutor purge. Karl Rove recalled advising against firing all 93. Sampson resigned after failing to inform other Justice officials of his communications, leaving testimony incomplete. The Justice Department had prepared a short list of firings and sent it to the White House in late 2006.
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