Kansas moves to outlaw cockfighting amid lawmaker clucks
Harris News Service reports Kansas House passes a bill to criminalize cockfighting and related activities. The measure makes it a felony to fight, train, own, sell or transport gamecocks and a misdemeanor to attend. Debate featured humor and strong opposition from supporters and opponents alike. The bill advances to the Senate as opponents warn of overreach and economic impact.
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Topeka
Kansas
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R Baldwin
Joe McClelland
Richita
Peggy Long
R-Hamilton
Lyon County
Emporia
Chery Stefan
Rome
Senate
Bob Grant
Grant
Trial of Basehor mayor begins
Prosecutors say audio tapes show Basehor Mayor John Pfannenstiel had sex with prisoners at Leavenworth Correctional Facility where he worked as a guard. Opening statements delivered as the ex sergeant faces three counts of unlawful sexual relations with inmates and a single count of introducing contraband jeans and a watch battery.
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Graves pushes $112 million plan to boost Kansas schools
Gov Bill Graves tours editorial boards across Kansas to sell a plan increasing base state aid per pupil by 110 dollars to 3930, expanding special education funding, and paying 5000 bonuses to nationally certified teachers. The plan also raises sales tax and fuels tax to fund education and excellence incentives.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Kansas
Gary Sherrer
Graves
Sherrer
Salina
Hays
Garden City
Hutchinson
Wichita Eagle
Statehouse
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Chanute
Parsons
Pittsburg
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Overland Park
Olathe
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Daily Report Notes Hospital Admissions and Local Incidents
Ottawa admissions include Judy Lemons and Barbara Geiler on Monday. Discharges list several local residents. arrests feature Alterman, Brown, Moses, Engelby on various charges with court appearances. Thefts include items totaling 125 to 1,200 dollars across multiple blocks. Vandalism, an accused methamphetamine case, and multiple non injury accidents and ambulance calls are detailed for the day.
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Barbara Geiler
Ottawa
Ryan Angell
Edward Eugene Alterman
Dogwood
Johnson County
Kenneth J. Brown
Willow
Fourth
Hickory
David D. Moses
Daniel E. Engelby
Princeton
S. Mulberry
Canterbury Court
S. Sycamore
Bryan James Caple
Quenemo
Ninth
Terry L. Elston
Labette Drive
Education reforms target preschool to third grade standards
Topeka AP reports House leaders unveiled a bipartisan "Skills for Success" plan for early education reform. The package emphasizes testing in reading writing and math by end of third grade, diagnosing struggling students, providing summer classes, defining school readiness, and boosting funding for at risk four year olds. A 15 member joint legislative committee would oversee new education laws.
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Compeer
Sirloin Stockade
Daugherty
Becky Blane
Hawthorne
Blane
Wellsville
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald
Topeka
House
Department of Education
Senate panel weighs metal pipe use in Kansas highway projects
In Topeka the Ways and Means Committee endorsed a 948.3 million DOT budget while probing KDOT policy shift permitting corrugated metal pipe over concrete. Critics warn of impact on concrete pipe makers and Kansas businesses. a rider seeks more agency information on the change. The panel also backed about 105 million for capital projects.
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Senate
Ways and Means
Department of Transportation
KDOT
Kansas
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Dave Jackson
Jackson
Dave Kerr
R Hutchinson
Supreme Court weighs Arkansas River water suit damages
The Supreme Court heard Kansas contention that Colorado owes damages for Arkansas River depletion dating to 1969, seeking up to 62 million with interest, while Colorado argues at most nine million. Kansas AG Carla Stovall noted justices questioned backdating. Lawyer John Draper represented Kansas.
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Arkansas
Topeka
U.S. Supreme Court
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Colorado
Carla Stovall
John Draper
Santa Fe
N.M
Stovall
Washington
High Court
Arthur Littleworth
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