Candidates dodge budget details in Kansas race
Republican candidates vow no tax pledges but hide budget plans while House members question their grasp of the crisis. The GOP primary saw Shallenburger win over Kerr and Knight who favored taxes for schools and services. Sebelius faced no rival as Medicaid fraud concerns rest on a statewide audit noting potential 10 percent fraud, a rate officials dispute.
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Budget plan aims to audit agencies and curb state costs
Kansas officials discuss trimming the Governor and Administration budgets while pursuing performance audits of all agencies during the 2003 legislative session. The plan seeks savings, more federal dollars, and potential new revenue like expanded gaming, to reinvest in education and health care, with no tax increase promised.
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Israel presses siege on Arafat compound amid deadly protests
Protests across the West Bank and Gaza escalate as Israeli forces use gas and live fire to disperse crowds of thousands. Two protesters die in ongoing clashes, with other casualties reported in Tulkarem and Nablus. In Jericho and Rafah, thousands rally around Arafat while foreign monitors threaten to leave. The siege, entering day three, aims to weaken Arafat but risks backfiring amid international calls for restraint.
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