Agriculture Dept pushes mandatory livestock tracing plan
The Agriculture Department seeks mandatory animal identification to track cattle movements with proposed IDs, high tech options, and cost sharing between states, industry, and the department. Producers fear confidentiality losses and question funding while groups push swift adoption and testing.
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Ington
National Farmers Union
Tom Buis
Jay Truitt
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Agriculture Department
Keith Collins
Collins
Colville
Wash
Ted Wishon
Truitt
Johanns
Aquila to raise gas rates in Wichita dispute
Aquila proposed higher charges for residential and commercial gas users with rates to cover meter, reading, and service line costs. The Kansas Corporation Commission set lower increases, keeping a $12 monthly residential charge and $17 for commercial, plus a 15.1 cent per unit energy charge for both groups, with a $730,000 pipeline repair funded over three years. The timing may vary by bill cycle, some seeing June, others July, as 70 to 75 percent of bills reflect gas cost.
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Aquila
KCC
Foreman
George Minter
Chuck Loomis
Kansas
Commission
Wichita
Kearny County Considers Ethanol Plant Feasibility
Kearny County commissioners weigh a feasibility study for a 40 million gallon per year dry mill ethanol plant with a $60 million build, $21 to $24 million in equity, and about 35 jobs. Local leaders note potential payroll of $1.7 million yearly and $70 million annual revenue, while Windriver Grain and other Kansas sites are exploring similar projects.
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Yancy
Kearny County
BBI
Larry Combs
Stahl
Kansas
Russell
Oakley
Colwich
Garden
David Cornett
Windriver Grain
Cornett
United States
Lakin
Cinco de Mayo celebration at Garden City schools unites students
At Florence Wilson Elementary the city proclaims Cinco de Mayo Day. Mayor Janie Perkins and students note the event fosters pride and cultural exchange. Teachers report high turnout as families watch mariachi and folklorico performances and celebrate diverse heritage.
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Pitton
Erik Franco
Jessica Fierro
United States
Mexico
Fierro
Janie Perkins
Perkins
Florence Wilson
Ing
Garden Citlan
Moses_ Rodriguez
Garden City
Josh Guyman
Guymon
Maria Hernandez
Kansas board hearings echo Scopes trial debate
The Kansas State Board of Education faces hearings likened to a trial as debates over evolution in standards unfold. Past actions in 1999 and the 2000s show shifts between conservative and moderate boards, with evolution framed as a key concept for high school graduation.
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Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kansas Board
Dayton
Tenn
John Scopes
Kansas State Board of Education
Abrams
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