Chambers push regional approach for Garden City area
Garden City chamber leaders urge regional cooperation among four area chambers spanning Ulysses Pueblo and nearby cities. They envision joint efforts to boost business, attract younger entrepreneurs, and back projects like Sunflower Electric Power expansion, with plans for a new small business council and stronger government affairs outreach in 2009.
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Joseph
Garden City
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Chamber
Don Linville
Garden City Chamber
Linville
Kansas
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Chambers
Garden City Chamber Board
Deportations rise as ICE amps up border enforcement
The ICE enforcement push, led by Julie Myers, includes a larger budget and more JPATS flights from Chicago. Deportations have grown since 2005, with over half of those expelled in the Midwest being Mexican nationals, many with no criminal charges. Some activists warn enforcement harms families, while detainees testify to the emotional toll of separation.
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Associated Press
ICE
Chicago
Julie Myers
Homeland Security
Myers
Midwest
Mexico
Arellano
Sylvia Manno
James Ziglar
Migration Policy Institute
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Luis Armando Jimenez- Gonzalez
Jimenez-Gonzalez
Joshua Hoyt
Ilinois
Coalition For Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Texas
Jimenez- Gonzalez
O’hare
Kansas plan frames K-61 lane expansion as major project
State transportation officials weigh expanding K-61 from two to four lanes Hutchinson to McPherson as the largest, most expensive remaining project while funding uncertainty slows bid plans. Other staged expansions include U.S. Highways 59 50 and 54 projects in Franklin Douglas Finney Pratt Kingman counties.
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Finney County
Pratt
Kingman
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Budget Faces Top Priority in Kansas House Race
Morris and Neufeld agree the budget deficit will dominate the 2009 session with Sebelius urged to trim state spending by more than 3 percent. O'Neal challenges the 3 percent target while noting the risk of red ink and stressing base-budget cuts. Senate leaders expect minor changes as campaigns shape leadership.
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Judiciary Committee
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O'Neal
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Neufeld
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Judiciary
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O’neal
Appropriations
Senate
Arlen Siegfreid
Olathe
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Anthony Hensley
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