Sewer rate debate as fix potential costs loom
City faces a possible rate hike for sewer services after a $1 million fix, much not budgeted this year. Commissioners weigh impact on residents, with past 10 percent increases in 2005 and 2006 tied to a $75 million treatment plant. Debates include developer costs, timeline realism, and potential public utilities board oversight. The plan envisions larger pumps, bigger pipes, and new stations, with phased completion from 12 weeks to two years.
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Kansas lawmakers near end of session on school finance
The Kansas Legislature presses toward a wrap up on school funding as court orders higher spending for low income districts. Senate split on three plans, House revenue discussion includes gambling ideas, and opposition grows to Jessica's Law and funeral protest restrictions.
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Exhumation planned to verify Hillmon burial case
Professors win approval to exhume a grave with two feet of digging by heavy equipment, then hand work to find the coffin. Bones, if found, will be examined at Kansas University lab, photographed, and possibly matched to Hillmon or Walters. If no remains, DNA sampling may occur. The 1879 Hillmon case involved life insurance fraud suspicions, six trials, and a Supreme Court ruling on hearsay with a disputed letter.
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Kansas University
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Feingold pushes censure bid as Feingold taps Dean in unusual hearing
Feingold invites former Nixon aide Dean to testify on censure of President Bush over warrantless wiretapping. Dean recalled Watergate as a warning while Republicans denounced the hearing as a Nixon echo. The issue centers on executive power versus legal limits after 9 11 and a 1978 wiretap law.
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