Smoking bans divide Finney County towns in 2000s debates
City councils in Garden City and nearby towns discussed a county wide smoking ban. Garden City passed a broad ordinance set to take effect January 8 2007. Other communities showed little appetite for bans and no motion advanced in Lakin Holcomb Seon Dighton Syracuse Satanta. The Kansas Supreme Court agreed to hear Lawrence case challenging such bans.
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Lakin
Garden City
Fred Jones
Holcomb
Finney County
Kansas Supreme Court
Lawrence
Lawrence Bar
Dennis Steffes
Steffes
Bob Halloran
District reviews AYP targets for USD 457 in 2006
Kansas standards define proficiency as mastery of core skills and the district’s spring 2006 test scores will indicate if students meet AYP goals. Targets rise to 100 percent by 2014 and apply to seven subgroups. 95 percent testing and 90 percent attendance benchmarks also govern AYP. Final results expected in October and board considers policy updates on gifted courses and testing ethics.
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Kansas
Atha
Michael Brom
State of Kansas
Brom
Board of Education
Jeff Crist
Kansas energy policy faces wind limits and conservation push
Proposals attract backing and criticism as Kansas weighs an energy plan capping new wind projects at 200 megawatts and prompting calls for robust conservation programs. Critics warn limits will bottleneck utility-scale wind, while supporters emphasize renewables, jobs, and emissions reductions. Public comment and a governor’s recommendation follow.
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Harkins
Kansas
Craig Volland
The
Sierra Club
Volland
Sunflower Electric
Holcomb
Westar Energy
Kansas City Power
Bush broadens war on terror speech in Salt Lake City
President Bush, addressing an American Legion convention in Salt Lake City, says Islamic militants share a brutal worldview and pose a threat akin to Nazism, fascism and communism. He will expand on the description to a diverse audience including diplomats and members of the Military Officers Association of America.
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Salt Lake City
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White House
Dana Perino
Military Officers Association of America
Perino
Iraq
U.N. General Assembly
New York
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