Harsh winter contribution to first quarter GDP slip
The economy shrank 2.9 percent at an annual rate in Q1 as harsh winter weather reduced activity. Health care spending fell and a larger trade deficit was noted. Analysts see the decline as temporary, with growth rebounding in Q2 and continuing in the second half of the year. Stuart Hoffman of PNC Financial cites evidence of a spring rebound.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Stuart Hoffman
PNC Financial
State board loosens teacher hiring rules for nondegreed staff
Kansas State Board of Education approves temporary regulations allowing districts to hire teachers in STEM and CTE with noneducation degrees or experience. STEM degree holders with five years work may obtain a one year license for grades 8-12, with renewal possible. out-of-state licenses may transfer with testing history. One board member, Carolyn Wims-Campbell, opposed, calling the move an attack on public education.
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State Board of Education
STEM
Kansas
Career and Technical Education
Brad Neuenswander
Neuenswander
Carolyn Wims-Campbell
Lawrence
Wims- Campbell
Wims-Campbell
Kansas alum Frank Newby grants KU Endowment $370000
Frank Newby of Johnson City Tennessee gifts 370000 to the KU Endowment in recognition of a Summerfield Scholarship that funded his own chemistry studies at Kansas University. The gift designates 160000 for the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum 105000 for a new undergraduate chemistry award and 105000 for Summerfield Scholarships.
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Kansas University
Solon Summerfield
Newby
Johnson City
Tenn
East Tennessee State University
Columbus
Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum
Frank A. Newby Jr
Department of Chemistry
Summerfield
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