TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas senators have approved a bill, Wednesday, authorizing the state to issue an additional $202 million in bonds for a new bio-defense lab in Manhattan. The Senate voted 32-8 despite concerns from conservative Republicans that the state couldn’t afford the additional investment. Gov. Sam Brownback says the bonds will complete the state’s financial obligation to the federal government to build the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State University. The lab would research dangerous animal diseases and replace an aging facility on Plum Island, N.Y. Its projected cost has more than doubled to $1.15 billion…
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The Wamego City Commission held a Public Forum to update residents on the latest Truck Route Study. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page said the City has been working on transportation enhancement for the last several years because of increased truck traffic and current zoning changes along Valley Street. He added the City and County have applied for Federal Grant Funds for enhancement and upgrades to handle truck traffic, but have been denied twice. The Public Forum was held to discuss and review the conceptual transportation improvement plan for Valley Street and Balderson Boulevard. Olsson Associates Mark Bachamp went…
Prince Harry toured two storm-battered towns in New Jersey before visiting New York City to talk business and sports.
Suddenly, President Obama is on the defensive over the Benghazi attack, the IRS Tea Party scandal, and a Justice Department probe of AP phone records. Is this what historians have come to call “the second-term curse”?
Jeremy Guthrie was putting an eighteen game unbeaten streak on the line last night in LA against the Angels. He was fortunate enough to take a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning, but it was all down hill from there. Guthrie (5-1) yielded five runs and eleven hits over seven innings. He held the franchise record for consecutive starts without a loss while winning his previous 10 decisions. It was his first defeat since Aug. 3 last year, when Texas beat him 5-3 in Kansas City. The Angels bats came alive for the first time this series. Albert…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has given first-round approval to Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to authorize an additional $202 million in bonds for a new, national biodefense lab in Manhattan. The bill advanced Tuesday on a voice vote after brief debate. Approval on a second vote scheduled Wednesday would send it to the House. According to Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan, who spoke with KMAN Tuesday afternoon, the bill has strong bi-partisan support and will likely pass. $105 million in bonds have already been authorized, bringing the total obligation for the state of Kansas to $307 million, should SB…
Attorney General Eric Holder defended the Justice Department’s secret review of AP phone records, saying it was part of a probe into a “very serious” national security leak. Meanwhile, the White House sought to distance itself from the matter.
A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his rogue clinic dodged a possible death sentence Tuesday in a hasty post-verdict deal with prosecutors.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Auditors say an annual college baseball tournament held in Wichita since 1935 is in financial trouble. The audit of the city-owned National Baseball Congress found the regional tournament is more than a quarter-million dollars in debt and owes two years of lease payments for Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. City officials say the tournament’s financial problems threaten its future. The city has begun a study to rescue the tournament, which made only $1,100 in profit last year. The Wichita Eagle reports initial plans are to seek corporate sponsorships and increase marketing of the tournament through 2014. The tournament is managed…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The names of two Topeka police officers who were shot to death last year are now displayed on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Family members of officer Jeff Atherly and Cpl. David Gogian were among those attending ceremonies Monday when the names of 321 U.S. law enforcement officers were formally dedicated on the walls of the memorial. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller also attended the vigil. The officers were killed last December at a Topeka grocery store while investigating a report of suspicious activity. Other officers later shot and…