Markey backs Sebelius as Kansas blocks Sunflower CO2 plan
Rep Markey praised Governor Sebelius and KDHE Secretary Bremby for denying Sunflower’s 1400 megawatt coal plants amid CO2 concerns. The hearing featured Svaty Bremby and Waxman. EPA regulation, climate policy, and federal uncertainty were central themes as lawmakers debated the Sunflower project and broader coal policy.
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Rep
Markey
Brownback
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Svaty
Bremby
Sunflower
Joe Blubaugh
Sen
Blubaugh
Washington
Texas
Colorado
Henry Waxman
California
Sierra Club
EPA
Massachusetts
High Court
Kansans weigh immigration bills with E Verify changes
Legislators in Kansas debate immigration grants with estimates of up to 90000 impacted. Senate panel rewrites to drop mandatory verification and penalties, angering backers. House panel forges middle path keeping E Verify but delaying until July 2010 and tying it to state contracts and repeat offenders. Police citizenship checks retained, narrowed to arrestees.
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Kansas
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Ed Hayes
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
House Federal and State Affairs Committee
House Committee
House
Ray Merrick
Stilwell
GCCC Grant Cuts It Close to Sunflower Plant Plans
GCCC awarded a federal community training grant as Sunflower plans expansion of two 700 megawatt coal plants at the Holcomb site. The college and city partners expect 300 workers trained over three years in welding carpentry electrical and other trades amid lingering funding and project timing uncertainties.
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Sunflower
Holcomb
GCCC
Judy Crumble
Labor Department
Crumble
Bush
U.S
Sam Brownback
Jerry Moran
Carol Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Florida
National Center For Construction Education and Research
Western
Kansas
Kansas Department of Commerce
Garden City Area
Distance Education Ties Rolla Students to Colleges
Technology links Holcomb High School and 18 sites for 25 daytime classes and adult courses from community colleges. About 400 students attend daily, enabling remote districts to access college psychology algebra and more, bridging equity gaps in rural areas.
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Rolla
Holcomb High School
Bob Krug
Holcomb
Jarrod Stoppel
Swinney
Stoppel
Garden City Community College
Lakin
Ron Overeem
Scott City
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Waxman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency
US Supreme Court
Sunflower Plan
SunOpta Sunflower
Mike Bretz
Larry Keller
Goodland
Catholic Health Initiatives
Siena Medical Clinic
St. Catherine Hospital
East Spruce
Garden City, KS
Elizabeth Doyle
L&l Floor Covering Inc
Sa. Tock WN
ASA
Jeric Day
Ilfloorcovering
Inc
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