Rural areas unprepared for bioterror risk in survey
Rural health officials in 26 states warn they are under equipped for bioterror events and mass evacuations. The Harvard and Pittsburgh study, amid Homeland Security funding debates, notes vulnerabilities in water and energy, rural distribution of vaccines, and the urban bias in past emergency planning.
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Washington
Harvard School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Homeland Security Department
Associated Press
America
Michael Meit
Center For Rural Health Practice
Bradford
Cities Readiness Initiative
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Census Bureau
CDC
von Roebuck
Roebuck
Homeland Security
Michael Bloomberg
New York
James Hahn
Los Angeles
Richard M. Daley
Chicago
Michael Chertoff
Chertoff
Susan Collins
Maine
Teachers push for arts funding in Kansas
Teachers and advocates urge steady or increased state funding for arts education, warning against making arts optional. They cite benefits to creativity and behavior, noting tech emphasis crowds out arts and that arts enhance thinking and literacy while students are pulled from classes for core subjects.
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Wagner
Ruth Teichman
Stafford
Kansas Citizens For the Arts
Hutchinson
Bob Lee
Little River
Lee
Hutchinson Community College
Teresa Preston
Capitol
Preston
Dee Hansen
Citizens Arts Group
Hansen
Kansas House Advances Abortion Clinic Rules Amid Controversy
House debate focused on licensing abortion clinics by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment with minimum health standards. Gov. Sebelius backed broader EDHE oversight. critics warned tighter rules threaten clinics. Separate actions included rejection of a tougher child passenger safety provision and Senate-backed workers’ compensation rules for potential drug or alcohol involvement.
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Jim Barnett
R-Emporia
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Texas
Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
Senate
Sebelius
House
Kansas Department of Health
Envi
State Board of Healing Arts
Europe rethinks arms sales to China amid Taiwan tensions
A European diplomat says at minimum night-vision goggles and submarine tech would not be sold to China as the EU weighs a strengthened nonbinding code of conduct. Britain France and Germany push to lift the embargo, while China warns it will use force if Taiwan declares independence.
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Washington
China
United States
Taiwan
Bush
Congress
Iraq
Tiananmen Square
Condoleezza Rice
Asia
Pean
European Council
Brussels
European Union
Britain
France
Germany
Jack Straw
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
ITV
House racing profiling bill debated in committee
Negotiations over a Kansas racial profiling bill continued in the House Corrections Committee. Ward Loyd, chair, expected a vote on Senate Bill 77 today as authors and law enforcement officials haggle over penalties and conduct restrictions.
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Topeka
House Committee
House Corrections
Ward Loyd
Garden City
Senate
Kansas Senate Resolution on Marriage Amendment
Kansas Senate concurrent resolution proposes amending Article 15 of the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman and to bar recognition of other relationships for rights of marriage. It sets explanatory ballot language and schedules submission for the 2005 general or a sooner special election. Adopted by Senate January 13 2005 and House February 7 2005.
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Senate
State of
Kansas
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
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