New Mexico Senator proposes 1.4 billion for Ogallala aquifer
Senator Jeff Bingaman introduces Senate Bill 2755 to spend 1.4 billion over 20 years to conserve the Ogallala Aquifer across seven states. The plan funds irrigation grants, dry land farming for 600,000 acres, hydro-geologic mapping, and local water conservation planning, targeting the southern half of the aquifer. Kansas lawmakers say they will review impacts before supporting.
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Ogallala
Plains States
Kansas
Jeff Bingaman
Ogallala Aquifer
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Bingaman
U.S. Geological Survey
Mark Edwards
Regents raise pay for KU chancellor and peers
Kansas Board of Regents approved a 2.5 percent salary hike for five state university chief executive officers. KU chancellor Robert Hemenway will see his annual pay rise by about $5,000 to roughly $207,489, with the regents citing concern for unclassified officials.
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Toreka
Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Kansas Board of Regents
Hemenway
Wichita mayor pushes rate plan to equalize electricity costs
Kansas Board of Regents learned Thursday that rate equalization championed by Wichita Mayor Bob Knight would raise electricity costs by about 1 million dollars annually at Kansas University and Kansas State University. KU now pays roughly 4.4 million a year. the plan would shift costs from KG&E to KPL customers, affecting KU and KSU.
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Torexa
Kansas University
Kansas State University
Wichita
Bob Knight
Kansas Board of Regents
Knight
Kansas Gas and Electric
KPL
KSU
Western Resources
K-State
Jon Wefald
Theresa Klinkenberg
University
Kg&e
Klinkenberg
Bledsoe sentencing delayed to July 14 hearing
Floyd S. Bledsoe case hearing postponed after defense requests more witnesses. Residents doubt the alleged murder of his 14 year old sister in law last November and question if he acted alone. Sentencing now set for 9:30 a.m. July 14 at Jefferson County Courthouse.
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Oska Loosa
Floyd S. Bledsoe
Oskie Tavern
Bledsoe
Barbara Leger
Jefferson County
John Kurth
Richann Gwin
Journal-Worto
Bledsoe Convicted of Murder in Artmann Case
Floyd Bledsoe, 23, was found guilty in April of first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated indecent liberties in the Nov 6 disappearance and death of Camille Artmann. The body was found on his father’s property. his brother Tom initially led investigators to the scene before recanting. The court heard a funeral-cost recommendation to the Crime Victims Reparation Board, delaying a hearing as defense sought witnesses and planned to call Bledsoe’s mother to testify.
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Bledsoe
Camille Artmann
Altmann
Tom
Floyd Bledsoe
Arfmann
Crime Victims Reparation Board
John Kurth
Gary
Kurth
Catherine Bledsoe
Artmann
Leger
Woman shines shoes at University National Bank in Lawrence
Janelle Baker, a Douglas County Senior Services employee, started a weekly shoe shine at the bank after the previous shoeshine man retired. The move drew curious customers and some surprised reactions, with Baker learning the craft from T-Bone of Kansas City and from her father.
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Douglas County Senior Services
Janelle Baker
Garden City
Baker
Lori Kloepper
T-Bone
Kansas City
Kan
Kloepper
Richard G. Bill Stewart
Invest Financial Corp
Beene
University National ‘Bank
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