Subsidy clash splits Kansas farm groups on WTO talks
Kansas farm groups debate government subsidies as WTO talks stalled in Mexico. Kansas Farm Bureau backs reduced subsidies for broader world market access, while Kansas Farmers Union warns small farms would suffer. Economists say subsidies cushion drought impacts but lasting reforms could force consolidation. small farms face short term hardship, while larger operations may endure.
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World Trade Organization
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Farm Bureau
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Matson
Kansas Farmers Union
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European Union
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Pottawatomie County
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Iowa
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Funding woes threaten Project Effort after-school program
Garden City USD 457 may end its Project Effort after-school program if new funding cannot be secured. Two federal grants totaling about 6.6 million over six years have expired or nearing end, with no approval for expected 1 million in new grants. District eyes foundations and matching funds while economy and No Child Left Behind pressures complicate continued support. Ed Kozol, program director, says efforts to find alternatives continue as enrollment remains strong with about 1,500 students through eighth grade participating.
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Garden City
Ed Kozol
Kozol
Pierceville/Plymell
Jennie Barker
Gertrude Walker
GCHS
America spends high on education but scores lag
The United States spends more public and private money on education than most nations yet shows weaker outcomes. In 2000 US per student spending reached 10,240 dollars, above the 6,361 dollar global average, while 15-year-olds lagged in math, reading, and science and high school graduation trailed the international average in 2001. Reading literacy for fourth graders was strong in 2001, but overall declines as students age persisted. Education, Page AS.
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Washington
United States
Barry McGaw
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Rod Paige
Talks Loom For Swift Reopening Of ConAgra Plant
Garden City officials and Swift & Co move toward a face to face in Greeley Colorado to discuss reopening the former ConAgra beef plant that burned Christmas 2000. About 2 000 workers lost jobs as the group weighs incentives and Swift interest.
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ConAgra
Swift & Co
Carol Meyer
Garden City Area
Finney County
Pete Olson
County Commission
Irv Stephens
Reynaldo Mesa
Bob Halloran
Jerry Davis
Olson
Swift
Kansas sodomy case pits ACLU against AG Kline over Limon sentence
The Kansas Court of Appeals weighs Limon s 17 year 2 month prison term for sodomy with a 14 year old, amid ACLU claims of harsh punishment and a broader challenge to anti sodomy laws in light of a Supreme Court ruling. Kline warns of threats to marriage and age of consent laws if the ACLU prevails.
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Limon
Kansas Court of Appeals
ACLU
Kansas Court
U.S. Supreme Court
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Simon
Mar
Paola
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