Romney clinches GOP nomination with Texas win
Mitt Romney secured the Republican presidential nomination by winning Texas and surpassing 1,144 delegates. The former Massachusetts governor highlighted his steady economy focus, strong campaign organization, and fundraising edge over rivals, expressing gratitude for broad delegate support.
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Hydroelectric plant retrofit moves ahead on schedule
Reporter describes the 25 million hydroelectric project at the Kansas River site as workers prepare the concrete chamber and turbine pits. Sarah Hill Nelson tours the underwater depths where two new turbines arrive from China while two legacy machines from a 1930s Maine plant inform ongoing operations.
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NBAF funding faces roadblocks in Washington
Kansas leaders push to fund the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility after DHS picked Manhattan for NBAF. They call the project a national security investment, while Obama budget omissions and Congress cuts threaten its advancement. Senators Roberts and Jenkins along with Gov. Brownback urge continued support despite fiscal pressure.
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Brownback urges panel to reject Kansas redistricting maps
Governor Sam Brownback urged a three judge federal panel to throw out all state House and Senate redistricting plans. In a friend of the court brief his counsel Caleb Stegall said the plans varied too much in population from ideal districts and failed the constitutional requirement of equal protection. The argument was presented as the panel heard testimony in Kansas.
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