Lab staffing gaps slow Kansas drug prosecutions
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation labs face 2453 drug cases waiting processing as of May 1 with 59 new cases daily handled by 40 scientists. Methamphetamine cases demand 20+ hours each, turnover is high, and pay boosts are sought to retain experts, delaying trials and risking case dismissals without legislative action and electoral pressure.
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Today in History Highlights Whitman Johnstown Union SA
On May 31 reminders mark Walt Whitman birth in West Hill New York in 1819. In 1889 a dam break at Johnstown Pennsylvania killed over two thousand people. In 1910 the Union of South Africa was founded. In 1913 the 17th Amendment enforcing direct Senate elections took effect.
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Voinovich Eyes Civil Service Overhaul in Government Reform
Ohio senator George Voinovich positions himself on Governmental Affairs Oversight to push a bold plan for federal service reform. He calls for rigorous confirmation questions for Cabinet appointees and closer links between pay and performance to improve frontline government delivery amid looming retirements and budget pressures.
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Desert Storm left hook to Iraq halted in final hours
United Feature Syndicate columnists Jack Anderson and Douglas Cohn present that Gen Norman Schwarzkopf sought 24 more hours to trap the Iraqi Republican Guard in the desert. Bush halted operations, sparing Saddam's forces as Scowcroft warned against breaking Iraq apart amid fears Iran would dominate.
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Rezoning debate targets Horizon 2020 plan in Lawrence
Lawrence Journal-World readers are urged to veto a Gaslight Village Home Depot rezoning. Public Forum letters criticize Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission for altering Horizon 2020, arguing it would unleash unchecked commercial growth and strain infrastructure. Residents urge protecting housing, preserving neighborhoods, and limiting traffic impacts.
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Lawrence teachers seek federal mediation amid contract dispute
Millard Denny spokesman for the Lawrence school district teachers said they would appeal to the public for support if the school board fails to grant federal mediation in the current contract dispute. Douglas County Commission weighs a new half cent sales tax levy, Lawrence already has one and Eudora plans a vote.
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Lawrence High Holds Baccalaureate Service for 284 Graduates
About 1000 people attended Sunday's baccalaureate for Lawrence High School's class of 284. Rev. Harold Barr of the Kansas School of Religion spoke on the theme High Hopes.
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Memorial Day remark on graves of soldiers from 1900
The Lawrence World on May 31 1900 urged equal grave decoration for soldiers of both sides, calling the north eternally right but forgiving and honoring Confederate dead as loyal, per Watkins Community Museum.
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