Feasibility questioned for regional four-county jail plan
A regional jail to house Franklin, Miami, Linn and Anderson counties could cost 10 to 11 million dollars, said jail designer Larry Goldberg. He noted no U.S. region has floated a bond for such jail, while suggesting each county could instead expand or build separate facilities to meet growing inmate populations. Franklin and Miami counties already max out capacity, with Franklin County housing about 70 inmates but planning for 90 to 95. Franklin currently farms out 10 prisoners to Allen County Jail at 40 dollars per prisoner per day.
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Franklin County
Larry Goldberg
Goldberg Group
St. Joseph
Franklin
Miami
Linn
Anderson
Paola
Goldberg
U.S
Craig Davis
Allen County
Iola
County Clerk seeks injunction to stop payroll move to HR
Attorney for Franklin County Clerk Shari Perry filed a petition in Franklin County District Court asking for an immediate injunction and restraining order to block the county commission from transferring payroll functions to a new human resources department. Perry has performed payroll since 1999 and argues the HR department is not equipped to handle payroll.
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Cleon Rickel Harald
Shari Perry
Franklin County
Mark Bennett
Perry
Franklin County District Court
Bennett
County Commission
Human Resources Department
Sunday liquor sales move forward in Kansas Senate
A Kansas measure to authorize Sunday alcohol sales advanced from the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee and heads to the full Senate. It would permit liquor stores to operate noon to 8 p.m. Sundays and allow cereal malt beverages at the same hours in groceries and convenience stores. The bill aims to close a loophole that let cities adopt Sunday sales by local ordinance and mandates communities with Sunday sales to adopt updated rules.
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Topeka
Senate
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
House
Kansas
Garnett to open ethanol plant by May with 35 million gal output
Garnett's Ethanol plant, 70 percent complete, aims for a May 23 start. Bill Pracht notes 30 production jobs and 400 applicants, with five weeks of training before startup. Plant will buy regional corn and milo, producing 35 million gallons annually and potentially raise grain prices 3 to 10 cents. National output to 4 billion gallons in 2005.
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Garnett
Cleon Rickel
Jill Zimmerman
Agri- Energy
Man
Pracht
Iowa
Illinois
Advocates form Kansas Health Consumer Coalition in Topeka
Health advocate Kim Moore announces the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition with town meetings in Topeka aimed at putting real people at the center of the states healthcare crisis. Gov Kathleen Sebelius and Sen Jim Barnett will speak as reforms seek better affordability and access for Kansans.
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Topeka — Hutchinson
Kim Moore
Kansas
Moore
United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
Kansas Health Consumer Coalition
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Ate Public Health
Jim Barnett
R-Emporia
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