Feds push to track campus assaults
The Obama administration seeks colleges to report statistics on stalking dating violence and domestic violence under the Clery Act. The Education Department proposed rules to improve safety reporting and victim protections, adding bias categories and ensuring fair proceedings with advisers. The plan follows a White House task force finding one in five female college students face sexual assault.
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Kansas universities seek over 60 million for 2-year higher ed budget
Regents institutions filed requests totaling more than 60 million for enhancements as they begin the two-year budget planning. KU seeks 20.3 million for research facilities and health care funding, plus 7 million for Innovation Way operating costs and 5 million for drug and vaccine discovery, among other items. Board workshops and August retreats will refine the plan ahead of a September final submission to Gov. Brownback.
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Liberty Bell 7 Heading to Germany for Bonn Exhibit
The Liberty Bell 7 space capsule departs the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson for Germany. The Mercury capsule used by Gus Grissom in 1961 is moved to SpaceWorks before loading for shipment to a Houston port and then to Bonn for an exhibit. After the German exhibit ends next February, it returns to Hutchinson about a month later.
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OSS Births Report For Pomona And Lawrence Areas
Scott Jones Jr and Kelsey Sullivan welcomed a girl in Pomona on Thursday. LaKeisha Thomas and Ben Hammond celebrated a boy in Lawrence on Thursday. Jeffrey Raby and Ashlie Giffin added a boy in Lawrence on Thursday.
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Kelsey Sullivan
Pomona
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Lawrence
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Ashlie Giffin
Lawmaker Feels Kansans Face Deteriorating Finances
Rep. Paul Davis argues that Kansas borrowing signals a deteriorating fiscal outlook with a projected ending balance of 56 million while revenue declines total 310 million, contrasting Gov Brownback’s tax cuts and capital gains tax effects. Brownback blames Obama. Senate leaders weigh public sentiment and past tax policy. Thursday's action marks the 16th year the finance council has authorized debt certificates.
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Topeka
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Demetrio tequila born from Sri Lankan brothers in Kansas
Marion and Gracian Mahathasan, Kansas University alumni, launched Demetrio tequila after linking a family wine and spirits business to a Sri Lankan immigrant story. The brand, named for a plantation owner, earned awards for blanco and reposado, donates 25 cents per bottle to Water for People, and ties philanthropy to SoRewarding with future wristband acts of kindness.
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