Campaigns push wind ad spending but dodge lobbying rules
Kansas lawmakers face questions as groups spend on media to sway policy without meeting lobbying definitions. Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy says its TV ad lacks a call to action, so no reporting required. Know Your Power Kansas spent 405000 on papers urging citizen input while Kansans for Affordable Energy tied to a coal firm. Chesapeake Energy funds several groups but says funding details aren’t disclosed. spokesman cites compliance with required reports.
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Williams
The
Great Plains Alliance For Clean Energy
Know Your Power
Kansas
Oklahoma
Chesapeake Energy
Kansans For Affordable Energy
Sunflower
Great Plains
Alliance For Clean Energy
Kansas Rural Center
Michael Grimaldi
Chesapeake
Clean Energy Alliance
Alliance
Grimaldi
County weighs 1 percent sales tax to fund county projects
County commissioners discussed using a remaining quarter or new one percent sales tax to fund road and building maintenance. Past half cent tax aided property tax relief. current quarter cent taxes funded the Law Enforcement Center and other projects. Support varied on timing and whether revenues would be shared with cities or pledged to capital improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity
Olson
Holcomb
Garden City
Don Doll
Doll
Harbur
Baker
Commission
Red Cross Lessons From Disasters Spur Staffing Changes
Red Cross volunteers reflected on the Greensburg tornado and ice storm responses in Garden City and Mullinville. They cited the need for an emergency shelter team, better food handling notices, and formal volunteer coordination, with NOAA radios aiding communications when other systems failed.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Greensburg
Red Cross
Henry
Garden City Area
Mullinville
Dona
Rojas
County moves to shape capital improvement plan
Finney County Commissioners discussed crafting a capital improvement plan to guide maintenance and replacement of assets. Olson noted past lists aided planning but not budgeting, with funding sources to be identified. No decisions, plans to revisit funding methods, road projects, and asset priorities. County tech upgrades for the attorney’s office were bid, about 24000 dollars, reserve fund possible. Noxious Weed Dept contract with KDOT approved and health dept seeks a full time ARNP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman Halbur
Olson
Commission
Don Doll
Jones Avenue
Commissionr
Finney County
John Wheeler
Wheeler
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Southwestern College recruits Green Team to cut carbon footprint
Southwestern College in Winfield will fund eight or nine students with scholarships up to 3200 dollars to form the Green Team. The group will pursue recycling, conservation, and renewable energy ideas as the college joins the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment to cut emissions.
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Winfield
Southwestern College
Winfield College
Dick Merriman
Southwestern
Climate Commitment
Harvard
University of California
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina
Labette Community College
Parsons
Tony Cortese
Second Nature
Climate Commitment Group
Cortese
Merriman
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