Veterans aid bill sets early House vote in 2011 budget
GOP lawmakers backed away from deep spending cuts and joined Democrats in advancing the 2011 Veterans Affairs appropriations bill. The measure passed 411 to 6 as the first of 12 annual funding bills, with Republicans proposing alternatives to boost VA programs while targeting transit and housing cuts elsewhere.
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Senate
John Boehner
Ohio
Boehner
Veterans Affairs Department
Veterans Committee
Bob Fisner
D-Calif
GOP
Congress
Iraq
Afghanistan
Amtrak
Washington-area
Gulf Coast Lives Altered After Deepwater Horizon Disaster
A hundred days after the Deepwater Horizon explosion Gulf Coast residents cope with vanished summer business and disrupted plans. Oil worker Joey Rojas fears job loss, Maw’s Sandwich owner Cherie Pete worries the bottom will drop out, and activist Enid Sisskin questions future water safety while Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser battles with officials and plans his postponed wedding. The feature threads personal stories of families, workers, and officials from Grand Isle to Port Sulphur and Gulf Breeze.
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Grand Isle
Cherie Pete
Billy Nungesser
Enid Sisskin
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Pete
Nungesser
Sisskin
Gulf
Joey Rojas
Rojas
Port Sulphur
Maw
New Orleans
Minerals Management Service
University of West Florida
Gulf Breeze
Plaquemines Parish
Tonganoxie mayor resigns amid leadership questions
Mayor Vestal resigns citing a sad day for Tonganoxie. Council President Jason Ward would become mayor if he accepts, with a decision expected before August 9. If Ward declines, the council votes to pick a mayor and appoints a new council member whose seat faces April elections. Vestal had defeated Dave Taylor in 2007 and apologized for a controversial email later that year.
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Tonganoxie
Jason Ward
Ward
Mike Kelly
Vestal
Dave Taylor
Transplant recipients compete together at athletes games
The article follows transplant recipients preparing to compete in the National Kidney Foundation games. Zuel, competing in his first organized event, highlights personal victory. Mike Strauss, liver transplant recipient since 2001, honors his donor and donor family whom he remains close to. Strauss notes the donor saved four lives. Ali Jacobsen, Johnson County Community College sophomore, aims for volleyball, table tennis and shot put while meeting donor stories. The team travels with 1,500 other athletes seeking gold and exposure to organ donation impact.
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Zuel
Mike Strauss
Lawrence
Strauss
Ali Jacobsen
Johnson County Community College
Sible
Jacobsen
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