North Lawrence elevator set for partial demolition and revamp
The Ottawa Co op plans to tear down the scale house and milling plant at the North Third and Locust site while keeping the large silos intact. A new scale house will improve visibility and may lead to full-time operation during harvest, easing pressure on Midland Junction. Construction starts in early summer and should finish by fall harvest.
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County allows NextEra meteorological towers in Douglas County
Douglas County Commission allows NextEra Energy Resources to pursue a conditional use permit for two about 196 foot meteorological towers to study wind patterns for one to five years south of U S 56 and west of U S 59. The county moratorium on wind farms remains through April 30.
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Douglas County Public Works Department
Westar Energy
Praeger urges defeat of health care compact in Kansas
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger warns House Bill 2553 could jeopardize Medicare funding for seniors by placing federal health care funding under state control. She notes revenue shortfalls could divert Medicare dollars to other state needs, highlighting current shifts from highway and agency funding. The measure aims to join a compact to govern health policy within state borders.
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Competitive Governance Action
Kansans Favor Medicaid Expansion in Poll
A Wednesday poll shows 72 percent of Kansans support expanding Medicaid with federal funds, but the plan stalls in the Kansas Legislature as Gov. Brownback and Republican leaders oppose ACA linked funding, citing Obamacare flaws and rollout concerns.
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Kansas
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ACA
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
KU chancellor says she didn't know about UNC student athlete fraud
KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little says she was unaware of UNC academic fraud while at UNC, where investigations center on the Afro-American Studies department. The scandal, including professor Julius Nyang'oro and manager Deborah Crowder, spans back to the 1990s and involves hundreds of classes with high athlete enrollment that were poorly taught or not taught.
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Julius Nyang’oro
Nyang’oro
Deborah Crowder
College of Arts and Sciences
Jay Smith
Madeline Levine
Levine
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