Kansas weighs bigger prisons in state budget
Gov. Bill Graves proposes an 58 million eight year plan adding 1 532 beds by 2006 with initial 580 beds at El Dorado Hutchinson and Norton. Kansas Sentencing Commission backs expansion but rejects alternatives urging private operation and new juvenile prison options while endorsing tougher prison capacity.
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Norton
Kansas Sentencing Commission
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Government contacts for Kansas legislators listed
State Rep. Bill Feverborn in Topeka provides contact at 273-W State House telephone 913 296 7697. State Rep. Ralph Tanner at 181-W Statehouse Topeka 66512 telephone 913 296 7654. State Sen. Robert Tyson at 138-N State Capitol Topeka 46612 telephone 713 296 7380.
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Statehouse
Topeka
Ralph Tanner
Robert Tyson
Money, morals clash in Sebelius insurance post
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, in office two years, urges a ban on campaign contributions from regulated industries but lawmakers have repeatedly blocked reform. She argues current law allows gifts and campaign cash from insurance interests, funding a powerful political market in Topeka.
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Athleen Sebelius
Kansas
Sebelius
Insurance Commissioner
Insurance Department
House
Statehouse
Kansas House
Topeka
Senate
Ron Todd
Todd
Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
McGruff Club Thanks Ottawa sponsors and volunteers
The Ottawa Police Department sponsorship of the McGruff Club for elementary children drew 445 sign ups with about 300 weekly attendees and 60 parents. The program taught crime prevention and safety topics while thanking numerous donors, businesses, and community helpers and inviting future participation.
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Ottawa Police Department
McGruff
McGruff Club
Madine Frizzell
Protect document that skeptics call a shield
A speaker warns Americans may soon face a government that abandons constitutional limits and the Bill of Rights. He cites threats to free speech, due process, privacy, and jury trials, urging civil libertarian defense of the Constitution to prevent a broken nation.
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Performance Automotive
the Pickett Agency
Trav- Comm Travel
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Palace Barber Shop
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