Senate to vote on crop insurance bill
The Senate prepared to vote on a plan to sharply cut farmers premium costs for federally subsidized crop insurance. It would also broaden coverage to livestock producers and expand fruit and vegetable policies while raising government subsidies and addressing fraud with penalties.
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House
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R-Kan
Bob Kerrey
D-Neb
Roberts
Charles Grassley
Rtova
Northeast
New Jersey
Plains States
House Agriculture Committee
Larry Combest
Texas
USDA
Ethanol push eyed as boon for Kansas farmers
Harris News Service reports Clinton administration backing ethanol and other renewables could lift demand for Kansas corn and grain sorghum. Kansas groups say replacing MTBE with ethanol may boost prices and sales, with U.S. and California markets cited as potential gains. Gov Graves welcomed MTBE phaseout as aiding grain-based ethanol and air quality goals.
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Harris
Topeka
Clinton
Kansas
Sue Schulte
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Congress
U.S
Schulte
California
State seeks federal aid on special education
Beloit special education cooperative director Keith Williams told the Senate Education Committee that Kansas districts struggle to meet federal mandates with limited funding. He cited seven districts, rising costs, teacher recruitment in rural areas, funding shifts based on student counts, and new mandates for early childhood and autistic services, urging higher federal support toward 40 percent of costs.
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Harris News Service
Topeka
Beloit
Keith Williams
Senate Education Committee
Williams
Kansas
Congress
House
Ralph Tanner
Baldwin City
Washington
U.S
Jerry Moran
Moran
Oz theme park eyed for Johnson County Kansas
OZ Entertainment Inc. chairman Robert Kory pitched a Wonderful World of Oz park for western Johnson County. The plan would transfer the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant to Oz, invest 40 million in decontamination, and donate 1,700 acres to DeSoto KU and KSU, with a state and county approval process ahead.
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OZ Entertainment Inc
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Johnson County Commission
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Oz Entertainment
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Kansas State University
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Toto
Kansas
Park
Brand Power
Judge dismisses Revenue whistle-blower suit in Topeka
In a five page ruling Shawnee County District Judge Charles Andrews upheld a Civil Service Board decision denying Copp’s case. Daniel Copp of Auburn sought more than 50000 dollars claiming retaliation after he removed a notebook showing checks rescued from shredding.
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Department of Revenue
Daniel Copp
Auburn
Shawnee County
Charles Andrews
Andrews
Copp
Court of Appeals
Department
State Civil Service Board
State Supreme Court
Scott Holeman
Holeman
DUI Lab Fee Bill Heads To Governor In Kansas
A bill to charge drunken drivers a 150 laboratory analysis fee for blood tests advances to Gov. Bill Graves. The fee expands beyond drugged driving cases to all DUI cages, raising about 94000 for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. House approval was 99 to 25. Senate passed 40 to 0.
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Bill Graves
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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