Kansas agencies told to draft status quo budgets for 2012
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson's budget team asks agencies to prepare spending plans that keep programs intact if sales tax revenue offsets lost stimulus funds. But Sen. Jay Emler warns finances remain fragile and a 5 percent cut option may be needed. proposals due to Budget Division for the 2012 fiscal year starting July 2011.
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Autopsy finds man died from fall at The Oread with alcohol and marijuana
A 25-year-old Lawrence man Brandon Sims died after falling from The Oread hotel roof to the second floor terrace. Autopsy shows blunt force injuries from a fall of over 80 feet with blood alcohol over .16 and marijuana present. Sims left work with Front Row Audio at 8:30 pm on June 7. his boss stayed until 10:15 pm and did not see him afterward.
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Priest accused of abuse in Kansas still active in Philippines
Investigative series finds Orestes Huerta, credibly accused in 2010 by the Dodge City Diocese, remains in ministry in the Philippines with the Diocese of Boac. Huerta, from Boac, was listed as assistant director for Cultural Heritage and director of the Sacred Heart Pastoral Care Center. The Dodge City Diocese confirmed his origin and temporary service there.
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City OKs tailgating at The Oread hotel
Kansas University football tailgate plan gains City Commission approval in a 3-2 vote. Tailgates will occur three hours before and one hour after each home game with 12th Street near The Oread partially open and lanes narrowed.
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Kagan Vote Clears Senate Panel En Route to Full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Elena Kagan by 13-6 amid sharp partisan debate on constitutional and court issues. Lindsey Graham was the lone Republican dissenter, praising her qualifications but noting a liberal tilt. The full Senate is expected to confirm her in August, boosting Democratic appointees to four and making three female justices with no Protestant on the court.
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