Orosco Seeks Parental Choice In Education Policy
USD 457 board candidate Harold Orosco advocates parental choice and accountability under No Child Left Behind. He questions sustained native language programs, urges incentives for effective teachers, and supports options such as charter schools for families with failing schools. Incumbents vie alongside him on April 3 ballot.
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Buffalo Jones
Alta Brown
Board of Education
Heinitz seeks another term on Holcmb Council
Holcomb council candidate Heinitz warns Sunflower triple plant expansion will affect the community. Heinitz cites traffic and planning needs, stressing inclusion of the city in project planning while serving since 1991. Heinitz is 59, safety technician for Sunflower Electric, with BYU degrees in political science and geography. Married to Twyla with five children.
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City of Holcomb
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Brigham Young University
Twyla
Democrats press White House for testimony on firings
Democratic leaders press President Bush to allow Karl Rove and other aides to testify under oath about the firing of federal prosecutors. Senate and House panels authorize subpoenas as Specter proposes a public, limited questioning format without oaths, while White House argues for executive privilege and vows to fight.
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Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania
Fred Fielding
White House
Fielding
Senate
House
Rove
Specter
Judiciary
Patrick Leahy
Vermont
John Conyers
Michigan
Leahy
House Votes to Orders Bush Troop Withdraw by 2008
The House narrowly passed a war powers measure 218 to 212, urging President Bush to pull combat troops from Iraq next year. Democrats rallied around Pelosi while Republicans argued the move cedes wartime flexibility and amounts to admitting failure.
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Immigration bill advances est Kansans
A Kansas bill prompts debate as officials report about 20 000 people mainly children dropped from Medicaid for lack of proof of citizenship or proper state ID. Backed by Kris Kobach and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, it targets undocumented immigrants but may strip coverage from low income US citizens lacking certified birth certificates. Action in the House committee is anticipated within a week.
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Federation For American Immigration Reform
Kris Kobach
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kobach
Kansas Republican Party
Federation
Kansas
Tessy Thukkuttathil
Garden City Community College
Garden City
Panda Energy plans Haskell County plant to power 2009 start
Panda Energy officials update Haskell County on a bio gas plant using cattle manure to power a plant planned 1,120 acres between Satanta and Sublette. They target late 2007 for construction, first production in 2009, with 60 local jobs and 50 percent tax abatement for 10 years.
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Zamlen
Satanta
Sublette
Panda Energy
Panda
Hereford
Texas
Yuma
Colo
Panda Ethanol
Pandaethanol.com
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