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 Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kansas was admitted to the United States as a free state on January 29, 1861, making it the 34th state to enter the Union.
Kansas is served by two Interstate highways with two spur routes, three bypasses, and one beltway over a total of 874 miles.
Kansas has a reputation as a progressive state with many firsts in legislative initiatives—it was the first state to institute a system of workers compensation (1910).
www.tocatch.info /en/Kansas.htm   (5849 words)

  
 Kansas
The Kansas River, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri at Kansas City, after a course of 150 miles (240 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
Kansas was the first state to ban the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and Kansas was also the first state to ban the concept of separate but equal schools.
Kansas is also home to coaches Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, and Tex Winter Despite its agricultural reputation, Kansas was home to industrial pioneers Walter Chrysler of automotive fame, Clyde Cessna (aviation), Jack Kilby (microchip inventor) and George Washington Carver (educator and scientist).
articles.gourt.com /en/Kansas   (4989 words)

  
 Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The group is responsible for implementing the state’s strategic plan to attract the facility to Kansas and during its first meeting it developed a site visit and advocacy strategy as well as a Washington, D.C. outreach effort.
Kansas’ effort to attract the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility to the state received a boost today as Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed two bills that aid bids for the laboratory.
Governor seeking rural communities to participate in pilot project.
www.governor.ks.gov   (855 words)

  
 Travel information
Kansas City and Junction City are heavily fl.
Many African Americans in Kansas are descended from the "Exodusters", newly freed fls who fled the South for land in Kansas following the Civil War.
In Fall 2004 the state-s six public universities reported a combined enrollment of 88,270 students, of which almost a quarter were non-resident students and a tenth were off-campus enrollments.
www.mytravelinfo.net /us-kansas.htm   (2056 words)

  
 AP Wire | 12/05/2006 | Kansas governor to lead Democratic Governors Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As a Democrat leading a traditionally Republican state, she used her identity as a political moderate, her status as a farm-state governor and her gender to create political currency.
She reportedly was on Sen. John Kerry's short list of vice presidential candidates in 2004 despite her professed lack of interest.
Her father, John Gilligan, was Ohio's governor from 1971-75 and she married Gary Sebelius, the son of former U.S. Rep. Keith Sebelius, at the Ohio governor's mansion.
www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/news/local/16169064.htm   (314 words)

  
 Kansas Taxpayers Network
Governor Sebelius received more bad news when the fiscally conservative CATO Institute (www.cato.org) gave her a "D" on their latest tax scorecard for governors in all 50 states.
This is a far cry from the accolades Governor Sebelius is claiming when liberal Time Magazine listed her on their best governors list while listing fiscal conservatives like South Carolina's Mark Sanford as among the worst.
Americans for Prosperity's Kansas chapter (www.americansforprosperity.org/index.php?state=ks) pointed out that Kansas is 50th in private sector job growth but is now #2 in government job growth for the first nine months of 2006, according to most recent data from the federal government's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.kansastaxpayers.com /editorial06_sebelius.html   (541 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Kansas Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kansas has a reputation as a progressive state with many firsts in legislative initiatives including being the first state to institute a system of workers compensation (1910).
The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is located in Smith County, and the geographic center of Kansas is located in Barton County.
The 1999 total gross state product of Kansas was $81 billion, placing it 31st in the nation.
www.ipedia.com /kansas.html   (737 words)

  
 Former Governors of Kansas LIST
First native-born governor to serve Kansas, was born in Garnett, Kansas on July 14, 1865.
Kansas State Historical Society: Find a listing of the people who have served as governor during Kansas Territory and statehood by name or by decade.
Kansas State Library: Governors' messages, primarily the messages given to the Legislature at the opening of session (often referred to as the State of the State message).
www.netstate.com /states/government/ks_formergov.htm   (497 words)

  
 KeysDAN - State of Kansas - KS
I-70 is a major east/west route connecting to St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, in the east and Denver, Colorado, in the west.
List of Governors of Kansas; U.S. Congressional Delegations from Kansas
In the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the cities of Johnson County have some of the fastest growing populations and highest median incomes in the state and the enitre country.
www.keysdan.com /State_of_Kansas.htm   (5262 words)

  
 Kansas Governor’s Race - Kathleen Sebelius, James Barnett - 2006 Midterm Elections - New York Times
Despite the essentially Republican leanings of Kansas in national elections, Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, is not expected to have an especially difficult battle for a second term as governor this fall.
And, then, perhaps for a tad of added insurance, she selected Mark Parkinson, a former state Republican Party chairman and a longtime loyalist to that party, to serve as her lieutenant governor in this election.
Jim Barnett, a state senator and a physician from Emporia, won the Republican nomination from a field of seven candidates in one of the lowest turnouts in recorded Kansas history.
www.nytimes.com /ref/washington/raceprofile_KANSASGOV.html   (308 words)

  
 Oklahoma Territorial and State Governors
Raymond Dancel Gary: first Governor to be born in OK since statehood
Henry Louis Bellmon: first Republican Governor and first Governor ever to be elected to that office, then elected to US Senate, then Governor again.
George Patterson Nigh: youngest elected Lt. Governor, was the 17th Governor for 9 days after Gov. Edmondson resigned, 21st Governor serving 5 days after Gov. Boren resigned, elected 1978 as 22nd Governor and re-elected in 1982.
www.state.ok.us /osfdocs/govs.html   (289 words)

  
 Kansas Information
The Kansas River, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri at Kansas City, after a course of 150 miles (240 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
[2] On November 8, 2005, The Kansas State Board of Education, at the urging of intelligent design advocates, voted to add criticisms of evolution to the state science standards.
View a list of authors or edit this article.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Kansas   (5121 words)

  
 Democratic Governors Association
From coast to coast, in large states and small, Democratic Governors have earned the trust of voters by delivering on the promise of the American dream.
Through smart, responsible governance and innovation, these Governors have carried forward an agenda of progress, and in the process have set examples for all leaders—in other states, and at the federal level—to follow.
The Governors who make up the Democratic Governors Association:
www.democraticgovernors.org /governors   (76 words)

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