Kansas RN workforce to rise by 2012 says state labor dept
The Kansas Department of Labor projects registered nurses will see the largest gains among occupations through 2012. Kansas has about 25,300 registered nurses now, with projections rising to 35,100.
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Kansas Department of Labor
Kansas
Call Sound Off Line For Reader Questions
Instructions explain how to submit a question to Sound Off by dialing a local number. A recorded prompt asks listeners to leave their question after the tone. The notice provides the call method but no other details.
Readers pick past favorites at Borders bookstore
On the street survey at Borders Bookstore gathers children and adults naming childhood favorites. Dianne Williams notes Madeleine L Engle died today and praises A Wrinkle in Time. Others cite Harold and the Purple Crayon Little House on the Prairie and The Grimm Brothers tales as favorites.
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Lawrence
Madeleine L'Engle
L'Engle
Officials push wider probe into Tiller abortion case
Witness Armesto described being exploited for 2500 dollars at Dr Tiller's clinic and recounted a feared, numb experience. Lawmakers weighed prosecutorial timing while others questioned support systems for young pregnant teens amid contrasting testimonies from allies and opponents.
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Tiller
Arlen Siegfreid
Annie Kuether
Topeka
Oregon
Kuether
Tiller” Morrison
Joel Oster
Anti-Abortion Alliance Defense Fund
Kansas City
Kan
Virginia
Miriam Kleiman
Titler
Burkhart
Kleiman
Canton Sings Outgoing of Circle SIGA Store
Canton faces its town's lone grocery closure as Circle SIGA posts a going out of business sale. Owner John Shearer laments locals shopping elsewhere, while residents and state experts discuss sustaining small town groceries and the high cost of fuel and time for out of town shopping.
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Circle Siga
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Wal-Mart
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M&ms
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Three Sisters Victorian Tea & Treasures
Marci Penner
Rural Life Task Force
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Penner
Everhart
McPherson
Carla
Shearers
Orvill Koehn
Circle 5 Iga
Leo Vogts
KU professors bring war concept to Oxford forum
KU anthropology professors Moos and Dean reflect on fourth generation warfare driven by ideas rather than states. They warn battles now hinge on beliefs, not organized armies, and stress global reach of local conflicts. The scholars aim to foster cultural understanding at Oxford after 9/11.
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Dean
Oxford
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America
Sebelius urges funding for state health insurance program
Governor Sebelius argues for increased funding and supports raising the federal cigarette tax to fund health care. She criticizes Bush plans as insufficient to raise enrollment, noting states need flexibility to expand eligibility while Kansas faces 55 000 uninsured children, with 70 percent eligible for Health Care.
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Senate
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New York
Sebelius
Gary Brink
Kansas Action For Children
Kansas
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