Moran discusses health care and energy in district tour
Moran cites health care access and affordable energy as top local concerns, urging multiple power sources including wind and opposing large borrowings for broad federal packages. He notes Sunflower expansion and state energy tradeoffs, praises Kearny County hospital renovation and added obstetrics facilities as a model for community viability.
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Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Lakin
Kearny County
Basra clashes as al-Sadr loyalists clash with Iraqi forces
Iraqi forces fight Shiite militias in Basra while rockets hit Baghdad Green Zone. At least 25 people die in Basra clashes as al-Sadr supporters accuse arrests of backers. U S Embassy reports no serious casualties in the Green Zone. Prime Minister al-Maliki oversees Basra operation.
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Clinic Ownership Sparks Community Debate in Garden City
Garden City residents debate a physician led clinic sale to a hospital. Dr Tom Matthews says he wants to practice medicine rather than run a business. Christina Britton supports the purchase for uniform care while Julie Christner worries about patient choice and access to tubal ligations.
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Garden City
Julie Christner
Women’s Clinic
Christner
Kevin Gallagher
Mission and Ministry
New coal bill sparks debate in Flora and Topeka
In Flora and Topeka, a second coal measure surfaces amid opposition to the vetoed bill. Rep. Josh Swaty says the proposal lacks a compromise and would strip regulatory oversight and force tariffs for wind energy, with utilities allowed to cut power when wind fails. Critics call the bill a poke at wind advocates and urge serious action on global warming.
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D-Topeka
Josh Swaty
D-Ellsworth
Kansas
Svaty
Wolf Creek
Able Energy
Donn Teske
Kansas Farmers Union
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