Kansas Leader Tightens State Budgets Amid Education Funding Strain
Saturday Column reports Kansas Governor Graves directing agencies to cut staff and trim 1.5 percent of prior appropriations due to a revenue shortfall. The piece highlights KU Chancellor Hemenway's push to reduce administrative fat, potential admissions reforms, and the pressure on regents universities as state funding remains tight.
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Graves
Kansas Board of Education and
State Universities
Board of Education
Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Hemenway
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas
Regents
U.S. News and World Report
Bll Graves
KU objects to fee on loans under Kassebaum plan
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum proposes a 2 percent fee on federal student loans paid by colleges and universities, part of a $10 billion seven year budget cut. KU would pay about $850,000 annually, prompting Chancellor Robert Hemenway to call the plan financially and philosophically flawed and likely to curb recruitment of students needing large loans.
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Nancy Kassebaum
U.S
Kassebaum
R-Kan
Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Hemenway
Stephen Jordan
Kansas Board of Regents
Labor Committee
Christine Crenshaw
Regents
Financial Aid
Monarch butterfly tagging ties two classes at Southwest Junior High
Ninth grade biology students from Southwest and Sunflower School teamed with second graders to tag monarchs in a butterfly exchange. Malcolms and their peers demonstrated wing handling and tagging, explained male and female markers, then released the tagged monarchs to migrate south.
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Tabitha Stuart
Nancy Scott
Sunflower School
Justin Wood
Southwest Junior High School
Malcolm Ulbrick
Malcolm
Brian Wilkerson
Southwest
Canada
Mexico
Wood
Tyler Gittins
Ryan
Sydney Wilson
Tabitha
Sydney
Cold snap boosts Farmer's Market bounty for weekend
A record low Friday in Lawrence did not deter the Farmer's Market. Vendors report heavy picking to salvage produce and expect a good selection this weekend with apples and hardy flowers remaining in season while the market stays open through the second Saturday of November.
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Mercury
Karen Pendleton
Lawrence
Venadors
Pendleton
Vermont
Laurie Walters
Wild Horse
McLouth
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