Graves transportation plan clears Senate approval
Governor Bill Graves’ plan to raise gasoline and diesel taxes to fund 12.6 billion dollars in highway airport and transit upgrades won Senate approval 30 to 9 with bipartisan backing. A five by five conference committee will draft a final version but will use the governor’s plan amid House doubts about tax increases.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Senate
House
Graves
Dick Bond
Overland Park
House stalls NATO Kosovo war vote in 213 213 tie
The House rejected a Senate endorsed resolution backing NATO air strikes in Yugoslavia in a 213 213 tie, signaling deep Capitol Hill divisions over Clinton's Kosovo war. The chamber also moved to bar ground deployments without congressional approval while NATO intensified strikes near Belgrade and Novi Sad.
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Wasu Hine Ton
Clinton
Kosovo
House
NATO
White House
Dennis Hastert
Illinois
Yugoslavia
Congress
Tom DeLay
R-Tex
GOP
Clinton White House
U.S
Slobodan Milosevic
Alliance
Belgrade
Novi Sad
Serbia
Milosevic
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
David Obey
D-Mich
Doug Bereuter
R-Neb
Resurfacing to narrow Kansas River bridges to one lane
Traffic on the Kansas River bridges between downtown and North Lawrence will drop to one lane on each bridge for a four month resurfacing project led by Progressive Contractors Inc. The $869,055 job will require grinding off the top inch of concrete and applying a 2 inch Silcafume overlay. Crews begin Monday, with eastern lanes closed first and sidewalks blocked, aiming for completion by August 22.
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Jourval
Kansas River
North
Lawrence
Steve Horton
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Progressive Contractors Inc
St. Michael, Minn
Horton
Eauthhnai
Colorado shootings spur booming school security market
The growth of the school safety industry is rapid as U.S. schools boost security spending after the Columbine massacre. Garrett Metal Detectors reports schools now comprise the largest share of its orders, surpassing airports and prisons, with principals and teachers seeking devices to ease fear.
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New York
Garrett Metal Detectors
Columbine High School
Jim Dobres
Garrett
Fear of AIDS economy help reduce teen births
Teen pregnancy fell 17 percent in the 1990s to the lowest level since 1973, with abortion rates down as well. Researchers cite reliable contraception, AIDS fears, abstinence focus, and a strong economy as factors, plus peer pressure doing more good than harm.
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Washington
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