Educators oppose KPERS funding measure in Kansas House
Kansas educators criticized two KPERS funding bills HB 2310 and HB 2328 during a House Pensions and Benefits Committee hearing. HB 2310 would bar retirees who take a new job with a KPERS employer from receiving benefits while employed, risking shortages in substitute and special education staffing. HB 2328 would require local districts to contribute more to KPERS, a burden amid school budget cuts. KPERS faces a 7.7 billion assets gap and Gov Brownback’s push to fix funding. State Rep. Roth called HB 2130 a meat cleaver approach and Chairman Holmes predicted heavy amendments. The article quotes Robert Coleman expressing concern for special education stability.
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Lawrence library leader eyes City Commission bid
Lawrence resident and library board chairman Machell describes a varied path from Georgetown foreign service studies to Michigan MBA and Georgia State law classes. He emphasizes bringing jobs, boosting workforce training, and marketing Lawrence as an arts and retirement hub while campaigning on city economic recovery.
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Douglas County Health Report Lacks Fruit and Veg Intake
Douglas County demographics for 2009 show 116,383 residents with 58,990 female and 57,393 male plus a largely white population. The health data compare 2009 to 2008 across behavior, social economics, health care, and outcomes, highlighting declines in teen smoking, pregnancy, binge drinking, and obesity but rising poverty, uninsured rates, and some prior-year gaps in care and screenings. Leading causes of death in 2009 include cancer, heart disease, chronic lung disease, stroke, and accidents.
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Court ruling backs free speech in Snyder v. Phelps case
The Supreme Court upheld that protests by Westboro Baptist Church were protected speech under the First Amendment. Justices said public-interest debate can include distasteful, even painful, expressions about national issues and grieving families. Reaction varied from sorrow to assertions that the ruling shields disruptive protests.
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Lawrenc e man faces new charges in separate 2008 shooting
Dustin D. Walker, a 26 year old Lawrence man already jailed on an attempted second degree murder charge from a 2010 shooting at South Pointe Apartments, now faces aggravated robbery and aggravated battery warrants tied to an April 22 2008 incident on Redbud Lane. The victim, a 20 year old man shot in the leg, was treated and released. A hearing with District Judge Paula Martin was scheduled.
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