Sam Brownback launches bid for 2nd District seat
Brownback officially kicks off his Republican campaign for Congress with Tim McGivern named campaign manager. McGivern, Topeka native and Washburn Law graduate, previously served as staff assistant to former Rep. Dick Nichols. Brownback faces Bennie and Hume. former Gov. Carlin seeks Democratic nomination. House Judiciary endorses Sexual Predator Act and juvenile crime measures, including youth authority and automatic adult trial for certain 16 and 17 year olds.
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Sam Brownback
Brownback
Tim McGivern
McGivern
Topeka
Washburn University
U.S
Dick Nichols
Bob Bennie
Manhattan
Joe Hume
John Carlin
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Oswego County road worker killed by freight train
A Labette County road and bridge employee, Wesley Thompson, 23, of Oswego, was killed while performing routine maintenance when struck by a freight train ten miles south of Oswego in southeast Kansas. The sheriff's department identified Thompson Monday morning.
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Areight
Kansas
Labette County
Wesley Thompson
Oswego
Thompson
Legislature opposes federal drug DUI license revocation mandate
The Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee endorsed a resolution opposing a federal rule that would require states to revoke driving privileges for drug offense convictions. Chairman Sen. Ben Vidricksen noted insufficient time to pass a law and warned the state could lose 7.2 million dollars if no action is taken. He said the choice was to act quickly, though not properly.
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Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Ligislature
Senate
Ben Vidricksen
Rsalina
Vidricksen
State may get school finance extension
Former Kansas Chief Justice David Prager said the Legislature needs more time to render a 1992 school finance law constitutional. Attorneys debated a one year extension, with Prager noting the Supreme Court will decide on a stay and that hearings may push a ruling to late this year or next. The case challenges Luckert’s strike on under 1900 enrollments and a long term property tax mill levy.
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Topeka
Kansas
David Prager
Supreme Court
Prager
Shawnee
State
Board of
Edu
Cation
Luckert
Formula Focus on Funding For State Education
The state allocates 220 million annually under a low-enrollment school finance formula, shaping budgets for medium districts. The new law creates a uniform property tax mill levy, funds the remainder from the state general fund, and caps per student spending while offering 3600 dollars per pupil plus extra for special programs.
Geese torment KC area homeowners and golf courses
In suburban Kansas City Canada geese are damaging lawns, beaches, and golf course turf. At a Burr Oak Woods workshop Missouri conservation officials urged nonlethal methods to chase the birds, which number about 30,000 in Missouri and are year round residents.
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Independence
Kansas City
Rick Rhoads
Crackerneck
Burr Oak Woods Nature Center
Missouri Department of Conservation
Laurie Dohm
Missouri
Johnson and Wyandotte
John Reinke
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Overland Park
Wyandotte County
Ed Bowers
Jackson County
Department of Parks and Recreation
Harrisonville
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Ome
Topeka Committee
Niehoff Htg. & Air, Inc
Lawrence Area
Bullene
KC Area
The
Jackson County Department of Parks and Recreation
Advantage Dental Hei
UN Sport
Arrison
Lawrence
Metropolitan Federal
First Savings Bank
Commerce Bank
the University National Bank
Concord Mortgage Company
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