War-chest rule worries state GOP
Kansas ethics ruling limits transfers from federal to state party accounts and caps donations to state candidates. It means even large funders like Senator Bob Dole or Representative Jim Slattery cannot funnel unlimited money to state campaigns. Parties say the rule weakens both major parties while individuals and corporations face new caps.
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Topeka
Kan
State Ethics Commission
Kansas
Commission On Governmental Standards and Conduct
Bob Dole
U.S
Jim Slattery
GOP
Dole
Robert Swanson
Democratic Party
Roben Dole
Scott Morgan
Lawrence Attorey
Commission
Congress
Morgan
Pete Loux
Senate
House
Cleaver cocaine possession charge dropped in Oakland
In Oakland California a judge dismissed a cocaine possession charge against Eldridge Cleaver former Black Panther at age 56 ruling police acted improperly. Cleaver admitted carrying cocaine outside a suspected crack house while police say they approached him to talk and arrested him after his admission. He contends he believed he was under arrest at the time.
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Oakland
Calif
Eldridge Cleaver
Cleaver
Atorney
Mark Hutchins
Kansas anti puppy mill program expands inspections and funding
Kansas AP report says director Jack Jones highlights progress in the Animal Facilities Inspection Program. Two new inspectors bring total to five, with monthly training, facility rating scales and a new computerized system to track licenses, inspections and violations. Fees now cover about 44 percent of the budget, with remaining from state funds. Critics urge tougher enforcement, more aggressive fines, and closer monitoring of kennels thought closed or moving operations.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Jack Jones
Kansas Animal Health Department
Susan Stanley
Jones
Jan Price
Kansas Companion Animal Association
Six TV Hall of Fame inductees announced in Los Angeles
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced six new members for the Television Hall of Fame Bill Cosby Andy Griffith Ted Kop pel Dinah Shore Ted Turner and Sheldon Leonard join a list of 50 inductees since the hall was founded in 1980.
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Los Angeles
Bill Cosby
Andy Griffith
Ted Koppel
Dinah Shore
Ted Turner
Sheldon Leonard
Television Hall of Fame
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Emmys
Hall of Fame
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