Shameful: Senate Fails to Override Abortion Veto
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The Kansas Senate failed by two votes Wednesday to override the veto of a bill aimed at strengthening late-term abortion laws. The vote was 25 in favor of the override and 14 against. It takes a two-thirds majority, or 27 Senate votes, to override a governor’s veto. Barbara Allen, Overland Park; John Vratil, Leawood; David Wysong, Mission Hills should be ashamed for themselves.

Senate Overrides Gov on Coal Plant Bill
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The Senate on Wednesday overrode Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' veto of a bill allowing the expansion of a coal-fired power plant in Holcomb on a day filled with action on the energy issue. Senator David Wysong of Mission Hills sides with Sebelius and voted no.

House: Four Votes Short of Veto Override
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The Legislature fell short of delivering a crippling blow Thursday to the governor's campaign to limit new emissions of carbon dioxide in Kansas, failing to overturn her veto of a bill clearing the way for state approval of a coal-fired power plant expansion in the tiny community of Holcomb. Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said it was agonizing to see Sebelius standing in the way of the large economic development initiative. Republicans voting no: Colloton, Hodge, Huntington, Metsker, Judy Morrison, Pottorff, Quigley, Spalding, Swenson, Kay Wolf and Worley.

Chief Justice Roberts lectures at KU
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Roberts delivered his point on the “great danger” of judicial activism — a theme he returned to in later questions as well. “I’m sure the Framers would have never agreed that this document could be changed by the one branch of government that was not elected that cannot be removed,” Roberts said. “There’s a way to change it, but it’s not by judicial decision.”

CIA director tells KSU audience Iran targeting Americans
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CIA Director Michael Hayden said Wednesday that Iranian policy, at the highest government level, is to help kill Americans in Iraq, the boldest pronouncement of Iranian involvement by a U.S. official to date.

Costs of Library Project Out of Control
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Leawood Pioneer Library will be larger and more environmentally friendly when a renovation and expansion project is completed next fall. An 8,000-square-foot expansion using “green” building materials will be added to the east side of the building. Also, the existing building will be renovated to feature a complete interior redesign. The estimated cost of the new project is $5.6 million.

KBI Agent Honored for Work on Sheriff’s Murder
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Lawrence native and Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent Robert Jacobs has been honored for his work on a capital murder case in the 2005 shooting death of a Greenwood County sheriff.

Area cities refusing to pay fees to county jail
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Through the first three months of the year, Sedgwick County has billed 17 cities for more than $956,000 for housing their inmates in the Sedgwick County Jail.

Misuse of Corn/Ethanol causing falling horse prices
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Several factors are at play — the price of feed and hay, for example. Rising interest in ethanol production has driven up corn prices, and boarding and pasturage costs also have risen.