Legislature leaders urge public support over coal plant permits
Senate President Steve Morris and House Speaker Melvin Neufeld joined Sunflower Electric chief to urge Kansans to oppose the permit denial for coal plants in Holcomb. They asked the Sebelius administration to reconsider and hinted at possible legislative actions on energy policy. Governor Sebelius defended the decision citing CO2 and health risks highlighted by Rod Bremby.
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Sunflower Electric
Kansas
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Melvin Neufeld
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Kansans
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Holcomb
Rod Bremby
Kansas ITC Great Plains wins first OK for 180 miles of lines
ITC Great Plains LLC receives initial regional planning board permission to build 180 miles of electric transmission lines across southwest Kansas. The Southwest Power Pool board of directors approved a step in a series of regulatory actions required before construction. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius hailed the plan as a boon for wind energy and grid expansion in western and central Kansas, noting it could unlock wind potential and spark more projects.
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Southwest
Kansas
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ITC Great Plains LLC
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ITC
Great Plains
Floyd retrial moved to March in Kansas case
The retrial of Chad and Shannon Floyd for first degree murder and conspiracy is rescheduled for March in Stanton County to determine if a Kansas Bureau of Investigation lab technician may testify as an expert. The court in Wichita set the new date for March 31 at 9 a.m. with pretrial hearings next in December.
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Shannon Floyd
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Shannon
Jack Lively
Richard Guinn
Dane Monnat
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Wichita
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Topeka church group fined 11 million in protest case
In Baltimore AP: Westboro Baptist Church members ordered to pay nearly 11 million dollars in damages to a grieving father. They vowed to continue protests at military funerals with banners such as Thank God for dead soldiers and God hates fags. Shirley Phelps-Roper defended the act as futile. The group links U S deaths in Iraq to perceived tolerance of homosexuality.
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Trista Irsik Leads Trick or Treat for Emmaus House
Garden City High School graduate Trista Irsik and about 10 Thespian Troupe 2846 members led a Halloween door to door drive in Holcomb and Southwind to collect non-perishable food for Emmaus House. Drama director Jenny Regier notes the nationwide Trick or Treat So Tots Can Eat project has grown over five years after a Wichita troupe started the effort.
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Holcomb
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Regier
Wichita
Garden City High School International Thespian Society
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Angela Adler
Cheyenne Thomas
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