County votes on ADA fixes for polling places
Franklin County must bring polling sites into ADA compliance by July 1. County Clerk Shari Perry will warn townships and cities, study costs, and consider moving Appanoose Township's site from the Appanoose Baptist Church to Appanoose School to improve accessibility while balancing convenient voting options in rural areas. A state audit prompted the review.
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Cleon Rickel
Appanoose Township
Appanoose
Appanoose Baptist Church
Perry
Appanoose School
Ada
America
Secretary of State
Ron Thornburgh
Briles
Peoria
Franklin County
Jobless rate inches up as hiring rebounds in March
Washington reports unemployment at 5.7 percent in March with 308000 new jobs, the most in four years. Revisions lift January February payrolls to 205000, while the information sector loses about 1000. Unemployed total 8.35 million. long average unemployment duration exceeds 20 weeks.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bush
March
Information Services
Tiahrt targets outsourcing with HOW plan to bring jobs home
Rep. Todd Tiahrt told House Republicans that high taxes and heavy regulation drive outsourcing, not wages. He outlined the Hire Our Workers package and said action would start in May, citing Boeing as a Wichita firm shrinking from 25 thousand to 12 thousand employees due to regulatory and tax policies.
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Libby Quaid
Associated Press
Washington
Todd Tiahrt
Tiahrt
House
Republican Conference
GOP
Boeing
Wichita-area
Boeing Wichita
Wellsville family marks son Jacob Butler's death anniversary
About 40 relatives friends and fellow servicemen gathered at Wellsville Cemetery to observe the one year since Sgt. Jacob Butler died in Iraq. He was killed April 1 2003 by a rocket propelled grenade. He was 24 and the first Kansas casualty of the war. His parents and four brothers survive. Butler graduated Wellsville High in 1996 and joined the Army in 1998.
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James Butler Jr
Jacob Butler
Wellsville Cemetery
Butler
Samsawah
Iraq
J.P. Hale
Kansas
James
Cindy Butler
James Jr
Justin
Joshua
Joe
Justin Butler
Butler Brothers
Amanda
Wellsville High School
Army
Fort Hood, Texas
Fallujah Clerics Condemn Mutilation of Bodies
In Fallujah Iraqi clerics plan Friday sermons to condemn the mutilation of four killed American contractors after insurgents ambushed their SUVs. U.S. officials pledge to pursue perpetrators but warn clashes could rise if local authorities fail to act. a city council member notes a statement condemning the acts.
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Fallujah
Iraq
U.S
Baghdad
Sheik Khalid Ahmed
Muhammad
Associated Press
Mark Kimmitt
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Dilinea
Laurie Sisk
The
Ottawa Herald
Wellsville
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