Lawrence population grows 0.97 percent in 2006 slight slowdown
City planning reports Lawrence added 875 residents in 2006, bringing total population to 90 335. Growth remains well below the historical 2 percent average, prompting questions about future trends and potential impacts on plans for a new $70 million sewer plant funded by rising rates. City leaders cite fundamentals like schools and growth efforts, including biosciences funding and new business incentives, as reasons growth could rebound.
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Preparations for the 2010 Census Begin in Kansas
Census officials urge local governments to participate in address verification to ensure accurate mailing lists for the 2010 count. Mayor and city leaders stress census data influence funding and representation, with field checks planned nationwide in 2009 and 500000 workers needed for 2010 forms.
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Craig Best
Best
Kansas Data Center
Topeka
U.S. House of Representatives
Lawrence
David Corliss
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America
Libby Jurors Question Reasonable Doubt in Trial
Jurors in former White House aide Lewis Libby’s trial asked for a definition of reasonable doubt as they completed an eighth day of deliberations. The note pressed the judge for guidance on whether the government must show that it is not humanly possible to recall an event to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Immigrants Swear In Aboard USS John F. Kennedy Final Voyage
Three hundred immigrants from 79 countries took the oath at a Boston hangar during USS John F. Kennedy s farewell visit. Seven crew members joined the ceremony amid the ship s five day port call before decommissioning in Mayport Florida, with the Big John set to be kept in Philadelphia. The carrier, launched 1967 and commissioned 1968, carries about 4600 crew and carried 70 aircraft. It later served in Desert Shield and Enduring Freedom.
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U S EU reach plan for airline freedoms across oceans
European airlines could hold larger stakes in U S air carriers and fly anywhere in the United States from any EU point under a tentative U S EU agreement. It would expand route freedom and could lower fares. EU ministers vote March 22 and a May U S EU summit could consider the deal.
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European Union
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