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Bridging the cultural gap
Published 3/10/2010 in Local News
By MONICA SPRINGER
In Jaime Villacis' home country of Ecuador, there are laws that protect children, women and families. But, he said, those laws aren't followed and are rarely enforced.
That's one of many reasons why Villacis, who worked as an economist in his home country, is glad he lives in the United States. And it's also why he appreciated the me ...
AP: House nixes consolidation proposal
Published 3/10/2010 in Local News
TOPEKA (AP) -- Kansas House members rejected portions of a bill Tuesday that would have reduced state aid for some small school districts.
The bill would have pushed six districts with enrollments of fewer than 200 students and fewer than 200 square miles to consolidate. The districts are Argon ...
Anderson retiring from United Way
Published 3/10/2010 in Local News
By SHAJIA AHMAD
Each week, Margaret Anderson would visit the new hires at the Tyson Fresh Meats beef-packing plant, to talk to them about some of the services available in the community, if they should ever need them.
It was one of many invaluable experie ...
AP: State mulls soda tax
Published 3/10/2010 in Local News
TOPEKA (AP) -- Kansas would impose a new tax on soda -- a penny for every teaspoon of sugar -- under a proposal that a key legislator outlined Tuesday while lawmakers considered raising taxes to erase a projected budget shortfall.
The soda tax advanced by Sen. John Vratil, a Leawood Republican, ...
State's payment failure could affect fair
Published 3/10/2010 in Local News
By AMY BICKEL
Special to The Telegram
Shorted more than $1 million in the past 10 years by the Kansas Legislature, Kansas State Fair officials had to take money from another account to make a payment on a $29 million bond project that lawmakers approved in 2001.
Finance Director A ...
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