New House Plan Boosts Lawrence Schools Budget
A new Kansas House Democratic school finance plan, similar to Governor Finney’s but costlier, would raise state costs from 58 million to 130 million while allowing districts like Lawrence to spend more. Lawrence could add 3.32 million in local funding, with 703,467 from the state. 25 districts would lose money under the plan, including Shawnee Mission with a 9.3 million cut.
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Topeka
Joan Finney
Lawrence
Finney
Rick Bowden
D-Goddard
City to study dangerous crosswalk after fatal Massachusetts crash
A traffic engineer will study 17th and Massachusetts to improve pedestrian crossings after 86-year-old Theresa Knight was struck and died. The city, via a Kansas Department of Transportation program, prioritizes the corner with the Jan. 29 fatality, while also planning reviews at 15th Street Monterey Way and Engel Road.
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17Th
Massachusetts
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Kansas
Tom Swenson
Johnson, Brickell, Mulcahy and Associates
Kansas City, Mo
Swenson
Theresa Knight
Babcock Place
17Th Street
Terese Gorman
Gorman
Mike Wildgen
15Th Street
Monterey Way
Engel Road
Traffic safety group weighs crossing signal at 17th and Massachusetts
A traffic safety group will consider a request for a new pedestrian crossing signal at the intersection of 17th Street and Massachusetts Avenue. The item appears on page 114 and centers on improving school and neighborhood safety.
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17Th
Massachusetts
Truckers Move Toward CDL Deadline April First
Truck drivers face April 1 expiration of old Kansas Class A licenses and must carry new CDLs. Lawrence firms report readiness with many employees already upgraded. one local company says about half are tested and prepared, blaming procrastination and a surge of testers as the deadline approaches.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Darryl Krape
Covan World-Wide Moving Co
Iowa
Haskell center aims for March opening at Lawrence
Sharon Condon leads the Interior Department Learning Center set to open in late March at Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence. The center will transform an empty room into classrooms and host roughly 2000 Interior Department staff in its first year, joining centers in Albuquerque Denver and Washington. The facility targets BIA and related agencies, with Condon noting Haskell’s central location supports Vision 2000 and Midwest training needs.
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U.S. Department of Interior
Sharon Condon
Haskell
Condon
Interior Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Lawrence
Albuquerque
N.M
Denver
Washington, D.C
BIA
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Midwest
Shawnee Mission West Tops Lawrence In OT Thriller
In Sunflawer League basketball at LHS Shawnee Mission West defeated Lawrence 68 to 64 in overtime after six ties and 11 lead changes. Weather outlook remains cloudy with a slight chance of freezing rain or snow tonight and a cloudy Sunday with a high near 39.
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Shawnee Mission West
Lawrence
LHS
Haitian Americans march to UN in support of toppled president
Thousands of Haitian Americans chant No Aristide No Peace as they march to the United Nations to denounce refugee repatriation and show solidarity with the ousted leader.
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United Nations
U.S
UN official flags uncertainty over missile declarations
Rolf Ekens, a United Nations official overseeing Iraq's weapons elimination, says there is substantial uncertainty whether all missiles, mainly Scud or Scud variants, have been declared as required. The comments appear in an index quotable on page 2A.
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U.N
Iraq
U.N. Special Commission
Baghdad
Commission
Israel
Middle Lanten
Gulf
Bush keeps pressure on Saddam but offers no plan
President Bush states he still seeks Saddam Hussein’s ouster but declines to discuss any new U S efforts. He cites questions about CIA discussions with regional leaders and downplays a New York Times report on covert actions with a $30 million budget for propaganda and opposition outreach. Rolf Ekeus warns Iraq may still retain Scud missiles, raising further concerns about cooperation with UN weapons inspectors.
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Bush
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Andrews Air Force Base
California
CIA
Robert Gates
Middle East
Saddam
New York Times
Gates
Los Angeles Times
Iraq
Administration
President urges personal responsibility for healthier nation
President Bush promotes personal responsibility in health care arguing Americans can save billions by exercising more, eating better, smoking and drinking less, and ensuring children receive vaccines. He visited an inner city clinic, urged immunization, and cited a study linking prevention to reduced deaths.
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Washington
Bush
America
San Diego
Rotary Club
Ulysses Spacecraft Flies Past Jupiter
In Pasadena, the Ulysses probe relied on Jupiter as a gravity assist to slip out of the solar plane and head toward solar polar studies. NASA official Willis Meeks called the achievement elated as the craft nears its 1994 goals to observe the sun’s south poles this June to September and the north polar regions next year.
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Calif
Ulysses
Jupiter
Willis Meeks
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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SM West
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Associated Press
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