Sheriff Shooting Spurs Call for Meth Lab Law Change
Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels was killed while serving a warrant near Virgil. Governor Kathleen Sebelius backs a Senate bill to curb access to certain cold medicines used to manufacture meth, modeled on an Oklahoma law. Some Kansas pharmacies worry about burden on chains.
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Associated Flier
Topeka
Greenwood County
Matt Samuels
Kathleen Sebelius
Samuels
Virgil
Sebelius
Senate Judiciary Committee
Oklahoma
Kansas
Measure would limit meth drug sales to pharmacies in Kansas
The plan would allow only pharmacies to sell tablets with ephedrine or pseudoephedrine behind pharmacists counters with buyers showing ID and signing a log. Endorsers include House leaders and 23 sponsors led by Senate President Morris and Minority Leader Hensley. Sebelius attends Samuels funeral on Sunday.
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House
Doug Mays
R-Topeka
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
Senate
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Missouri Gov Blunt proposes tougher anti meth laws
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt outlined a plan to crack down on methamphetamine manufacturing modeled on Oklahoma. It would require pseudoephedrine medicines to be behind pharmacy counters sold only by pharmacists or technicians, restrict sales hours, require photo ID, log entries, and cap purchases at nine grams, with ephedrine products also affected.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Matt Blunt
Blunt
Oklahoma
State job gains and December unemployment shifts across Kansas
Leisure and hospitality added 4100 jobs while professional services grew by 2600 and educational health services by 2400. December retail hiring reached 1100, with manufacturing information and transport up 200. Construction fell 1700. All four metro areas posted unemployment declines from November, led by Wichita at 4.8 percent, Kansas City area at 4.8, Lawrence 4.0, and Topeka 5.1. State to redefine metro areas in 2005 adding Franklin and Linn to Kansas City.
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Topeka
Wichita
Butler, Harvey
Sedgwick
Kansas
Kansas City
Lawrence
Douglas County
Shawnee County
Franklin
Linn
Cessna Crash Near Johnson County Airport Kills Mystery
Officials closed the scene for at least a day as a Cessna registered to Riley Rocket Inc. Stilwell collided after takeoff from Johnson County Executive Airport. A pickup and SUV were destroyed, debris shattered windows, and NTSB investigators head to the site while authorities seek the cause.
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Grimsley
National Transportation Safety Board
Johnson County
Riley Rocket Inc
Stilwell
Bob Perry
County Airport Commission
Kansas votes loom as same sex marriage ban moves forward
Supporters press for Kansas constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage and civil unions. Senate action occurred without public hearings while House set hearings and a statewide vote expected April 5. Opponents warn delay aids their case and could derail the ballot measure.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
House
Tom Witt
Equality Kansas
Wichita
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas Senate debates proposed constitutional marriage amendment
The Kansas Senate considers an amendment restating marriage as between one man and one woman and bars recognition of other relationships for rights or benefits. If two thirds approve, the measure would go to voters on April 5. Supporters warn of court action, while opponents fear broader reach affects domestic partnerships and civil unions.
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Kansas
Senate
Joe Wright
Wichita
Central Christian Church
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Terry Fox
Immanuel Baptist Church
Fox
Witt
Ohio
Utah
States with constitutional bans on same sex marriage
A list of seventeen states with constitutional bans on same sex marriage in their constitutions. Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah are cited with dates of enactment from 1998 to 2004. The source is AP.
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Alaska
Arkansas
Georgia
Hawaii
Louisiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
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N.E. Kansas
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15Th Street
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Ottalwatalwa Herald
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