Kansas Debt Question Shapes Gubernatorial Race
Governors and lawmakers face public debate over issuing bonds for prisons and bridges as Kansas carries more than $1.2 billion in state debt. Census figures show per person debt, and Democrat Tom Sawyer argues for paying off bonds while Republicans highlight history and highway bonds.
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Ed Flentie
Wichita State University
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Kerr
Sawyer
Bill Graves
Graves
Census Bureau
Foster hotline receives few calls in first week
in Topeka Kansas a state funded foster abuse hotline opened September 28 to let professionals anonymously report mistreatment of children in foster care but received only a handful of calls during its first week. Judge James Buchele coordinated the line at the request of Secretary Joe Rochelle Chronister who leads the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
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Topeka
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Shawnee County
James Buchele
Chronister
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Senate candidates assess Clinton impeachment amid debate
U S Sen Sam Brownback and three challengers weigh whether President Clinton’s actions merit impeachment. Brownback urges resignation. Paul Feleciano calls for due process and evidence. Tom Oyler says lie to grand jury and power abuse could be impeachable. Alvin Bauman questions content of acts and opposes condemnation, cites foreign-policy views.
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