Negotiations stall as school funding talks limp on
Senate renewed the full mill levy, rejecting cuts. lawmakers met privately to craft a plan adding 60 million to the 67 million increase, but failed to secure votes. Umbarger Hensley Oleen Garner Benson Reardon led the effort, saying insufficient progress among Republicans blocked a final plan.
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Hensley
D-Topeka
Senate
Umbarger
R-Thayer
Senate Education Committee
Umbarger and
House
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Lisa Benson
Shawnee
Bill Reardon
Ckansas City
Garner
City budget seeks funding boosts for airport taxiway and arena needs
Commission hears proposals for 2002 funding expansions including 80,000 for Finnup Arboretum, 100,000 saved toward a 5.7 million taxiway rebuild at the airport to handle larger jets for 20 to 25 years, with 575,000 city share expected and federal funding. Planning seeks office space expansion and zoning updates while GIS repeats 75,000 operating funds and 30,000 for aerial photography. Buffalo Dunes needs staff for irrigation. Public works weighs paving A Street and 12th Street and sidewalk on Harding Street, plus K-156 and Mary Street configuration. Cemetery requests 21,000 for gazebo at Valley View after ConAgra fire.
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Zoo
Baffa
Finnup Arboretum
Andy Perry
Perry
Neblett
Planning Commission
Geographic Information Systems
Finney County
Garden City
Buffalo Dunes Golf Course
Bob Blums
Public Works
Sam Curran
Steve Cottrell
12Th Street
Harding Street
Jennie Barker
Mary Street
Public Works Department
Kansas Department of Transportation
Cottrell
ConAgra
Jim Hahn
Valley View Cemetery
Wheat Harvest Outlook Seen Mixed Across Kansas
In southwest Kansas the harvest appears disappointing with irrigated fields below average and earlier planted crops faring better. The western third shows a mix of good and poor wheat, depending on planting timing as experts predict higher than normal abandonment. Consumers would see little bread price impact, the survey notes.
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Kansas
Myers
Tierney
Enrollment echoes ConAgra impact in local districts
District officials note no drastic enrollment drop yet as ConAgra Beef's future looms. Older high school students may stay despite plant changes while several elementary schools show losses. Buffalo Jones down 19, Victor Ornelas and Georgia Matthews each down seven. Officials stress ongoing migrant family movements and expect clearer data by early fall.
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Burr
Buffalo Jones
Victor Ornelas
Georgia Matthews
ConAgra
Julie Ford
USD 457
ConAgra Beef
Garden City
Missing pages delay vote on federal budget
In Washington two pages from the 2002 federal budget were misplaced delaying a House vote on President Bushs 1.95 trillion spending plan. Leaders sent members home and rescheduled for Tuesday as Senate action also shifts.
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Washington
Bush
House
Senate
Dennis Hastert
R-Il
Congress
Hastert
Jerrold Nadler
D-Ny
Porter Goss
R-Fla
Zedillo discusses trade as ex Mexican president speaks
Former President Zedillo champions globalization and job creation from trade while in Kansas. He warns progress may not reach Mexico’s poor, urges Mexicans abroad to stay connected to roots, and notes his move to boards and finance writing after politics.
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Zedillo
Mexico
Vicente Fox
George W. Bush
Fox
Kansas
Octavio Sanchez
Garden City
Radio Tri-Color
Jesus Valdes
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