Health care expansion eyed as top Kansas issue
Officials foresee major work on health care as uninsured Kansans rise to 11 percent. Kansas Health Policy Authority has held meetings statewide to craft reform ideas for the Legislature and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Sebelius favors a middle road with more aid for the poor and private coverage for others.
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Kansas Health Policy Authority
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Census Bureau
Current Gov
Sebelius
KU Chancellor Hemenway to host online reader chat
Kansas University chancellor Robert Hemenway, KU's 16th leader, will field questions from the public in an online chat at 2 15 p m on LJWorld com Other chats include butterfly expert Chip Taylor at 11 a m Tuesday and Larry Mallett KU music chair at 3 p m Thursday Questions may be submitted in advance.
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Kansas
Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Journal-World
Hemenway
Chip Taylor
Larry Mallett
Department of Music and Dance
Topeka 184th makes last flight before change
The Kansas Air National Guard 184th Refueling Wing known as the Flying Jayhawks will fly no more after a final KC-135 flight from McConnell to Forbes Field Topeka. By October the unit shifts to an intelligence wing focused on computer security and satellite surveillance with retraining, new facilities, and many transfers.
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Kansas Air National Guard
184Th
Brad Link
McConnell Air Force Base
Forbes Field
Topeka
Thousands attend annual arts festival despite fewer artists
The Fall Arts and Crafts Festival at South Park drew about 7,000 people for its 28th year. More than 160 artists from Kansas and beyond showcased diverse works, while music, food, games, and cultural displays drew crowds despite higher gas prices.
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John Henry/Journal-World Photo
Sharon Leggot
James Ortiz
Lawrence
Naomi Anglyn
Edgerton
South Park
Leggott
Morgan
American Royal
Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
Massachusetts Street
Duane Peterson
Parks Department
Orlando Cachiguango
Kansas City
Ecuador
Cachiguango
Peterson
Arizona
Oregon
Egyptian language study shapes Lawrence teen’s summer
Lawrence High School senior Nick Birney spent six weeks in Cairo learning Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian dialect through AFS Intercultural Programs. Sponsored by the U S State Department, 25 students were selected. Birney stayed with the Alfonse family and described intense daily vocabulary lessons and immersion in city life.
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Lawrence High School
Nick Birney
Egypt
Iiworld.com
Cairo
Mike
Cindi Birney
Clinton
Birney
AFS
American Field Service
AFS Arabic Language Institute
U.S. State Department
Alfonse
Kansas and federal agencies test birds for avian flu signs
Kansas and federal wildlife agencies will run a nationwide autumn surveillance program to detect avian influenza early. The plan targets at least 1,000 game birds and poultry in Kansas, relying on voluntary hunter cooperation for testing via mouth and fecal swabs of migratory waterfowl and upland birds while watching for unusual bird deaths.
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Bob Mathews
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas
Wildlife and Parks
Mathews
Wildlife and Parks Office
Paul Grosdidier
Kansas Animal Health Department
ohn Henry/Journal-World Photo
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