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Brownback asks agencies to propose 10% cuts By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
Gov. Sam Brownback, who recently signed into law massive tax cuts, has directed state agencies to propose cuts in their budgets of 10 percent, according to a letter obtained Thursday by the
Directive also says to prepare for problems ‘beyond our control’ Lawrence Journal-World. His office said agencies should prepare for possible economic problems “that are beyond our control.” House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence,
Davis added, “Gov. Brownback’s ‘road map for Kansas’ is already steering our state into the ditch, and the consequences of his failed priorities have only just begun.” In past statements, Brown-
back has promised to protect education, Medicaid and public safety funding. His spokeswoman, Sherriene Jones-Sontag, said Please see CUTS, page 2A Brownback
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said Brownback’s directive shows that the Republican governor “intends to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations at the expense of seniors, the disabled and public safety.”
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Plan beefs up defensive line Defensive lineman Keba Agostinho appears to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of KU’s new strength program. After putting on 30 pounds, he is scheduled to play defensive tackle this year. Page 1B Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos
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Canvass doesn’t change outcomes County officials certified the results of this year’s primary election on Thursday, and noted several protests of the state’s new voter ID law. Page 3A
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FOSSIL HUNTER ALAN DETRICH climbs through a pile of triceratops fossils while he talks about the dinosaur find that he and members of his crew recently discovered near Jordan, Mont.
Dinosaur hunter finds triceratops By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com
A local dinosaur hunter just back from a fossil-finding trip to Montana will be working on a new triceratops fossil this winter, but it’s just the latest prize for Alan Detrich, who has collected many specimens over the years. The new find could be worth $1 million to $1.5 million, Detrich said, because the threehorned dinosaur is a popular fossil for museums and collectors to own. “You ask a kid to name the dinosaurs, and
ALAN DETRICH DISPLAYS the fossil of a single toe bone belonging to the triceratops skeleton. triceratops will be No. 2,” he said. The most popular dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, could be worth more than $8
million. Detrich found one of those, too, years ago in South Dakota. His latest find is remarkably complete, he said. It’s rare to find a triceratops that’s more than 50 percent complete, and this one is almost there, he said, even though it hasn’t been fully excavated yet. Some of the fossil remains underground near Jordan, Mont., and parts of it are being cleaned by a professional in Lusk, Wyo. Other parts of the fossil, including a massive vertebra that would take two hands to hold,
are encased in plaster in a shed near Detrich’s rural Douglas County home, about 18 miles southwest of Lawrence. The fossils are housed along with many other dinosaur bones and artistic sculptures Detrich has created using dinosaur bones. He’ll work on cleaning and preparing the most recent find later in the winter. The area where he found the dinosaur has yielded several triceratops fossils in recent years, Detrich said. “We believe that we’re in an area that
A Douglas County judge Thursday scheduled separate trials for two Illinois parents accused of tying up and blindfolding two of their children, ages 5 and 7, outside the west D. Gomez Lawrence Walmart in June. District Judge Paula Martin scheduled an Oct. 22 trial for Deborah Gomez, 44, and A. Gomez another trial Nov. 5 for Adolfo Gomez, 52, after both defendants pleaded not guilty. Martin said the trials would need separate jury pools. Prosecutors accuse the couple of using inhumane corporal punishment to tie up the two younger children. They face two counts of felony child abuse each. A shopper at Walmart, 550 Congressional Drive, saw a child blindfolded and bound near the vehicle and called police June 13 because she believed it could be a possible child abduction. The couple and their five children had stopped at Walmart when their Chevy
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Regents cut wish list but recommend two KU projects By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
FALL RIVER — Higher education officials on Thursday whittled down their budget recommendations, citing the current economic and political climate. “The fewer asks we have, the better off we are,” said Regent Fred Logan, of Leawood. Regent Kenny Wilk, of Lansing, said, “Holding the line and protecting the base operating grant is re-
ally, really important.” During its retreat, the board took a $194 million list of budget requests and cut it to $78 million. The board will finalize its request next month and then forward those to Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget office. Brownback will then submit a spending plan to the Legislature when the 2013 session starts in January. The regents recommended two major funding initiatives for Kansas University related
to health care. The b o a r d recommended $2.8 million per year for funding of the KU Gray-Little medical school campus in Wichita. In previous discussions, KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little had held off asking for additional funds for the
Wichita campus until a study on the issue had been completed. GrayLittle said preliminary results from the study have since been finished, and she noted that Brownback has said KU needs to enhance the status of the medical school. The other KU request recommended by the regents would go toward construction of a new $75 million medical education building at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
KU is seeking $30 million in state funding for the building, which officials say is outdated. The regents will ask Brownback and the Legislature to give KU authority to issue bonds, which would require about $3.7 million in state funds annually to pay off the bonds. But the regents marked only $1 million in debt service for the next fiscal year, saying that would probably suffice in the first year of Please see REGENTS, page 2A
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