Brownback again denies all pardons in 2012
Lawrence Journal World reports Gov. Sam Brownback denied all pardon applications in 2012, the second straight year with no pardons. Among the 25 denied is Abraham Orr convicted of a 1993 murder in Douglas County. Applications remain not open records.
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Abraham Orr
Douglas County
Sam Brownback
Lawrence Journal-World
Brownback
Kansas
Orr
Edward Lees
The
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Sas
Ronnie Rhodes
Wichita
Rhodes
Vo-tech plans change course in Lawrence campus project
Lawrence economic development leaders urge the school district to rethink the site for a new vocational and technical training center intended to join three area community colleges. The plan contemplates a portion of the Farmland site along Highway 10 rather than the existing Community Connection Center near 25th and Iowa, with funding tied to a $92.5 million bond issue.
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Lawrence
Farmland Industries
Johnson County
Kansas City
Neosho County
Community Connection Center
25Th
Iowa Streets
Doug Gaumer
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Board
Fighting continues over anti-union bill in Kansas
Democrats offered to fix a GOP concern in House Bill 2023 that would curb the Kansas National Education Association politically. Republicans opposed payroll deduction for union political contributions, arguing tax funds shouldn’t support public entity political activity, sending the measure to the Senate for debate.
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Toppeka
Kansas National Education Association
KNEA
House
Senate
KU Fares on MOOC Debate Sees Wait and See Stance
Saturday column questions KU’s pace on MOOC adoption amid national moves by Harvard MIT Stanford and Princeton. Fort Hays State pursues credit linked MOOC plans while KU weighs benefits and risks to undergraduate and graduate programs, campus housing, and enrollment.
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Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford
California-Berkeley
Princeton
Fort Hays State University
Ed Hammond
MOOC
Fort Hays
Kansas Board of Regents
Mount Oread
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