City approves traffic recommendations for Labrador Boulevard
A Garden City homeowner raised concerns about excessive speed on Labrador Boulevard at Henderson Drive. The Traffic Advisory Committee recommended installing dip warning signs to alert drivers, citing past incidents of cars rear ending parked vehicles and a high speed crash into a yard. City officials discussed additional traffic calming options but noted speed as the core issue and that Labrador is a through street. See Traffic, Page A5.
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Henderson Drive
Garden City Commission
Labrador
Sam Curran
Public Works
Curran
Henderson
Matt Allen
Garden City
Town hall focuses on corn seed lawsuit and China ban
More than 20 people attended a town hall Friday at the Finnup Center to hear about a pending lawsuit against Syngenta over Agrisure Viptera seed not yet approved for export. Kansas City attorney Patrick Stueve described how China refused U S corn shipments after a 2013 Viptera finding, harming U S corn prices and farmer markets.
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Finnup Center
U.S
Patrick Stueve
Kansas City
Weather Today Sunny Mild With Pleasant Weekend Ahead
The forecast calls for sunny skies today with a high near 73 and a low around 39. Sunday should stay sunny with a warmer high near 80 and a low near 37.
Kansas House committee rejects anti Common Core bill
The House Education Committee defeated House Bill 2292 to repeal Common Core, sparking intraopposition among repeal supporters. Rep. John Bradford warned the state faces seven more years under the standards as the panel debated delaying repeal to 2017 before voting down the legislation in a tense session.
House panel rejects bill to repeal Common Core
Rep. John Bradford told Rep. Tony Barton that passage of the rejected bill would keep the state under Common Core standards for seven more years. The event occurred during Friday’s House Education Committee meeting as it rejected the repeal proposal.
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John Bradford
Tony Barton
Kansas
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