Topeka bills move on hog farming and death penalty
A conference committee reached preliminary agreement on a hog farming bill allowing contract fattening for processors and debated opt in county participation. another panel set to meet for a final vote on a death penalty bill expanding lethal injection and murder categories. In Reno County, Paul Kiser’s statements after a family murder were ruled admissible evidence as his four first degree murder trial approaches.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Legislative Conference
Senate
Hutchinson
Paul Kiser
Reno
Kiser
Tim
Deanna
Joshua
Angela Peters
Lorado
Finney Plans Asia Trip To Promote Kansas Trade
Gov. Joan Finney will travel to Asia in late May to promote trade between Kansas and Asian firms. Accompanied by Secretary of Commerce and Housing Bob Knight and Kansas business representatives, she will visit Indonesia Japan and China and inspect Henan Province as the sister state link.
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Topeka
Kan
Joan Finney
Asia
Secretary of Commerce and Housing
Bob Knight
Commerce
Kansas
Finney
Indonesia
Japan
China
Henan
Occidental cleared of punitive Love Canal penalties
In Buffalo New York Judge John Curtin ruled Occidental Chemical Corp the successor to Hooker Plastics did not owe punitive damages to the state over Love Canal contamination. New York had sought up to 250 million dollars claiming reckless disregard for safety.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Occidental Chemical Corp
Love Canal
New York
Occidental
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp
U.S. District Court
John Curtin
Rail-trail fee petitions grow as lawmaker debate begins
In Topeka a Kansas Senate subcommittee heard opposition to the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail project. J Cole and Clyde Boots led petitions totaling about 1 450 signatures from Franklin, Anderson and Allen counties, aiming for 1 600 to 1 700 next week. Critics argued funds could be spent elsewhere and questioned access to a seven mile Garnett to Scipio stretch and county road duties without studies.
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Rville J. Cole
Garnett
Clyde Boots
Welda
Topeka
Kansas Senate
Cole
Boots
Franklin
Anderson
Allen
Dudley Feuerborn
Scipio
Anderson County
Feuerborn
Pact could end siege of Sarajevo
Serbs and Muslims signed an agreement under U.N. supervision at Sarajevo airport to open roads for civilian traffic, linking Serb and Muslim city sectors and enabling a civilian route to central Bosnia. The pact does not allow commercial or military traffic on the Visoko to Zenica road, but envisions UN escorted civilian passage.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia- Herzegovina
U.N
Bosnia
Visoko
Zenica
Praeger backs out of race, Hendrix seen as GOP challenger
Senator Sandy Praeger of Lawrence will not seek the Republican nomination for Kansas state insurance commissioner. The move positions state Rep. Walker Hendrix of Ottawa as the likely GOP challenger to incumbent Ron Todd. Topeka Democrats Kathleen Sebelius and Phyllis Lopez are pursuing the Democratic nomination. Praeger cited a bigger impact in the Senate over health care and education reform.
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OPERA
Kan
Sandy Praeger
Lawrence
Walker Hendrix
Ottawa
Ron Todd
Kathleen Sebelius
Phyllis Lopez
Topeka
Session
Franklin County lifts burning ban on unincorporated areas
Franklin County commissioners lifted the burning ban upon the request of Jack Wray, president of the Franklin County Firefighters Association, to aid farmers preparing fields for planting. Farmers are urged to call 242-3800 to report when and where agricultural burning will occur.
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Franklin County
Jack Wray
Franklin County Firefighters Association
Wray
Ottawa science fair crowns potato gun champions
Ottawa High School hosted the Ottawa schools science fair sponsored by the Ottawa school district and Education Trust. Kindergarten to 12th grade students presented projects, with OHS juniors Vaughn ODea and Trevor Johnson and senior Brandon Pelton named high school grand champions for their potato gun experiment testing propulsion by hairspray pressure.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Public ‘Education Trust
Ottawa High School
OHS Juniors
Vaughn
O'Dea
Trevor Johnson
Brandon Pelton
The taxman takes what cops can't
Kansas law lets officials seize private property tied to crimes like drug offenses, drive by shootings, and cattle rustling. Police may claim property used in or earned from crime, but not items legitimately owned. The Kansas Department of Revenue pursues assets police cannot seize, focusing on what clearly qualifies for forfeiture.
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Kansas
Kansas Department of Revenue
Phil Wilkes
Department
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