Scheopner Presses No Child Law and Teacher Pay
Board member Scheopner outlines priority issues as House and Senate explore separate finance packages. He stresses informing the public about No Child Left Behind and urges letters to Congress. He notes his experience, past contract negotiations, morale improvements, and the need to better pay teachers within available funding.
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Scheopner
House
Senate
Topeka
Washington, D.C
Congress
Scheppner
Kansas Water Quality Association
Two City Candidates File Bankruptcy Statements
Two city candidates disclose past bankruptcy filings. Austin explained her Chapter 13(originating from debt and personal hardship) was for functioning and learning, while Crase recounts 1998 1995 Chapter 13 cases tied to a failed cleaning contract with St. Dominic Church and school. Both stress debt relief came after counseling and effort to repay creditors.
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Patcher
St. Catherine Hospital
Austin
City Commission
Crase
Deann
Ian
St. Dominic Catholic Church
Kadee
Garden City
David Crase
Dennis Reed
Crases
Reed
St. Dominic Church
Joseph Bahr
Social Security report stokes 2000s reform debate
The latest monthly benefit forecast updated the program's finances and drew partisan responses. Bush officials hailed urgency for private accounts while Democrats and labor leaders warned the crisis claim and cautioned against risky private investments, highlighting projected 2030 insolvency and urging careful reform.
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Bush
Reid
John Sweeney
Afl-Cio
Senate budget advances with new school funding and delayed raise
The Senate advances a budget proposal proposing new dollars for public schools while the House delays a 2.5 percent pay raise for state employees until March 2006. One major policy change from Sebelius is the removal of 13 million for expanding prisons and juvenile centers. Senators will review those proposals later as spending rises 3.8 percent to 406 million.
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House
Sebelius
Senate Ways and Means Committee
Dwayne Umbarger
Senate
Weekend Easter services planned at local churches
Numerous churches list Holy Week events from Good Friday services to Easter Sunday masses. Highlights include First Baptist Holcomb 7 p.m. Friday and 9:45 a.m. Sunday school with Easter brunch, Garden Valley 6:30 a.m. sunrise and 11:30 a.m. worship, St. Dominic Easter Vigil and Vietnamese mass, and St. Thomas Episcopal with sunrise, egg hunt, and communion.
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E. Spruce St
Ional Church
N. Third St
First Baptist Church of
First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Garden Valley Church
Third St
Grace Bible Church
Jennie Barker Road
Ingalls Community Bible Church
Ingalls
Howe's Park
Pierceville Federated Church
Avenue A
John
Pierceville
Plymell Union Church
Garden City
U.S. Highway 83
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
Friend
Finney-Scott Road
St. Dominic
JC St
St. James Lutheran Aflc
Belmont Place
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. John St
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Main St
Steadman
Polluck
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fleming St
York Farm
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