Energy lawmakers push to expand ethanol fueling stations
Midwestern lawmakers backed by Talent and Moran seek to add more ethanol stations as part of a broader energy policy. Bush promotes alternative fuels to cut foreign oil dependence, noting Missouri has 56 E-85 stations and Kansas 12, with oil refiners opposing due to subsidies.
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Moran
Bush
America
Thune
Missouri
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
Kansas
Bob Slaughter
National Petro
Ethanol plants target Southwest Kansas expansion
Ethanol projects grow across Ford Haskell Grant and Kearny counties as a federal energy bill promotes ethanol use. Slaughter notes E 85 delivers less energy per gallon than gasoline, raising costs for consumers despite similar pump prices. Flex fuel models expand with GM Chrysler and Ford planning hundreds of thousands of new vehicles to use E 85.
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Kansas
Ford
Haskell
Grant
Kearny
U.S
General Motors
Chrysler
Merger plan for Tribune and county in Kansas area
A unification plan for Tribune and its county moves forward with a merger, not full consolidation, under a dual majority vote requirement. A 6 to 12 month study will form a 5 member committee appointed by the county commission and city councils to address resident concerns and outline a unified city county board keeping budgets separate.
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Thon
Thone
Bill Epp
Greeley County
Republican
Tribune
Epp
County
Tribune City
Bush pushes immigration bill with 1.9 billion request
Bush urged Congress to back a 1.9 billion plan as GOP donors heard a call for leadership on immigration. Senate and House moves backed fencing and barriers along the border, with opponents warning of shifted illegal traffic and higher costs.
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Bush
Congress
Republican Party
America
House
Sensenbrenner
Securi
Senate
Jeff Sessions
R-Ala
Sen
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Durbin
D-Ill
CDC panel urges mumps shots for all in outbreak region
An immunization advisory panel recommended universal mumps vaccination in outbreak regions unless immunity exists from prior infection or childhood vaccination. Health care workers under 50 should receive two doses unless protected by childhood immunity, aiming to prevent future outbreaks like the Iowa surge where over 1,700 cases have been reported.
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Atlanta
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Iowa
CDC
Curtis Allen
Hayden confirms surveillance legality during CIA hearing
At a Senate Intelligence hearing, Hayden defended NSA monitoring as legal and necessary, saying the program used a probable cause standard to avoid broad scrutiny of ordinary Americans. He declined to discuss broader NSA activity, noting a closed session later. He acknowledged intelligence failures leading to Iraq invasion and urged reforms while defending the CIA’s risk-taking culture.
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Bush
Hayden
NSA
USA Today
Carl Levin
Michigan
Levin
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Pentagon
CIA
U.S
Iraq
Senate Intelligence Committee
al-Qaida
Kit Bond
Rmo
Committee
Pat Roberts
Kansas
Roberts
Cias
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Porter Goss
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