Brownback targets corporate welfare in tech grant program
Senator Sam Brownback, chairing a Senate subcommittee, attacks a 225 million Advanced Technology Program funding 228 projects with grants to consortia of firms universities and government. He cites 40 percent to Fortune 500 firms and calls for tax reform and fewer grants to curb government handouts while noting private R&D should drive innovation.
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Graves seen as mainstream GOP misfit in Kansas race
House Speaker Tim Shallenburger argues Gov. Bill Graves has lost favor with mainstream Republicans. Graves vetoed a concealed weapons measure and opposes abortion, appealing to fiscal conservatives and social moderates. Democrats could gain if party fields strong candidates for 2002 amid a divided GOP.
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Car Casanova Case Highlights Legal Catch-22
A Chanute case notes a woman agreed to sex in exchange for a promised car title, but prosecutors say the deal involved an illegal contract and no crime may be charged. State law could prosecute the man for patronizing a prostitute, a Class C misdemeanor, but officials deem the accused possibly unfit for action while the woman risks no remedy.
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Debates on EMU and French Communist Party
Sueddeutsche Zeitung and the Financial Times discuss Waigel's euro plans and the Maastricht criteria amid German French friction. Liberation notes risk for the French Communist Party as it weighs reform against Stalinist roots and a crash from history.
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Texas admits top 10 percent graduates shaping new race neutral policy
Critics call Texas new admissions law a backdoor to bypass the 1990s ban on race. It uses geography and top 10 percent rules to diversify, with universities also weighing academics, SES, language ability, and family background. Proposals include mentoring programs in poorer districts to boost minority readiness.
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