City weighs bus hub use for Santa Fe Depot
Lawrence city commissioners backed a study of using the 1950s Santa Fe Depot as a transfer hub for up to seven public transit buses alongside Amtrak. They asked staff to analyze site suitability and to renegotiate terms with BNSF on ownership and land lease, citing red flags over environmental duties and a one sided proposal. A public meeting with nearby residents was planned to discuss the transit station idea.
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East Lawrence
Amtrak
Mike Dever
Lawrence City
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe
BNSF
Hugh Carter
Stop smoking now to save your health and money
Christine Metz reports on the 36th annual Great American Smokeout and why quitting saves health and pocketbooks. In Douglas County 15 percent of adults smoke, with costs cited including a pack at 5.12 dollars and yearly totals for three cigarettes daily or a daily pack over time.
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Douglas County
Kansas
Penn State University
SRS chief grilled over comments on welfare claims
Kansas lawmakers pressed Rob Siedlecki, head of SRS, to explain remarks doubting that about 22,000 unemployed in Wichita would choose jobs over food or cash aid. Rep. Jim Ward criticized the notion that some Kansans are "broken" as the secretary defended welfare recipients.
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Toppera
Kansas
Jim Ward
Wichita
Ward
Rob Siedlecki
Sam Brownback
Kansas Faces Three-Year Job Recovery Timeline
Kansas will require about three more years to fully regain jobs lost during the 2008 recession, a national study by IHS Global Insight indicates. The projection places Kansas between states with slower recoveries and those rebounding faster, noting varied impacts from manufacturing declines and real estate issues. Unemployment trends and energy job growth in others shape the state's outlook as of late 2014.
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Bob Tomarelli
IHS Global Insight
Michigan
Ohio
California
Nevada
Florida
Dakotas
Nebraska
Texas
North Dakota
Kansas Department of Labor
Financial expert blames erosion of America's middle class
A financial expert assigns responsibility for the shrinking middle class to structural economic shifts and policy gaps. The analysis highlights wage stagnation, rising living costs, and uneven wealth concentration as core factors shaping the current economic landscape.
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