City moves center's plans forward for American Eagle project
Lawrence officials and residents debate rapid approval of a distribution warehouse planned by American Eagle. Concerns focus on flooding, traffic from deliveries, and impact on prime farmland. If the urban growth boundary is revised and approved, site plans could be granted by April 4 with a ground breaking next month.
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Cloned Pigs Spark Hope and Ethical Debate in Xenotransplantation
Scientists hail cloned pigs as potential answers to organ shortages with millions waiting for transplants in the US and Europe. Experts caution the path forward includes two years before trials and significant ethical and biosafety concerns amid bans by US and UK authorities.
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Loans raise rent for single mother under Moving to Work
Public housing policy experiments exempt Lawrence Housing Authority from federal rules while counting student loans as income. Fattaahi, raising rent from 359 to 391 after loan income was counted, faces ongoing financial strain. HUD notes loans are not normally income but the waiver allows unconventional treatment. The program aims to move residents to work and cut federal housing costs, with limited relief for her family as she battles debt.
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HUD
United States
Barbara-Huppee
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U.S
Dennis Moore
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Donna
Lawrence
Housing Authority
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Waco probe costs released shows budgets near 10.8 million
Budget figures from Special Counsel John Danforth’s inquiry into government actions against the Branch Davidians project total costs around 10.8 million dollars through 2000. The 23 page filing outlines plans to interview about 1,000 people and assemble a massive computer database from 1.5 million pages of government records costing about 1.2 million. Investigators continue examining thousands of unreviewed documents related to Waco and the tragedy.
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John Danforth
Branch Davidians
Washington
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