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BPI closes Garden City plant after controversy
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsEugene Martinez is one of more than 230 employees who won't have a job come May 25. "I was hoping to retire there. Nine more years before I reached retirement age,” Martinez said. Beef Products Incorporated is closing three of its processing...Tags: Travel, Gardening, Lifestyle and Leisure, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, Tourism and Leisure
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Brownback says "pink slime" criticism unfair
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsGrocery stores including Dillons have stopped selling products containing it. Fast food restaurants like McDonalds have stopped including it in their burgers. However, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback says there's nothing wrong with the low-cost beef filler...Tags: Regional Authority, Talk Shows (genre), Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, ABC (tv network), Media Industry
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Journalists question governor's dinners with lawmakers
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSome Kansas journalists are concerned about what happened at the Governor's mansion in January. That's why an attorney representing the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Kansas Press Association asked for an investigation into seven dinners with Governor...Tags: Regional Authority, National Government, Arts and Culture, Journalism, Justice System
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Sumner County celebrating Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe gusty landscape of Northwestern Sumner County won't be changing much, despite BP Wind Energy's plan to build the 419 megawatt Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm. "We're actually not going to get part of the wind farm as far as the turbines. But we will have the...Tags: Solar Energy, Wind Power, Government, Economic Policy, Renewable Energy
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District Attorney investigates Governor's dinner meetings
The Shawnee County District Attorney who is looking into some dinners at the Governor's mansion is narrowing his focus.
The DA originally asked for all 165-lawmakers to save their records related to a series of dinners with Governor Sam Brownback last...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Executive Branch, Politics
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Lawmakers say issues arose at Brownback events
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSeveral Kansas legislators say Gov. Sam Brownback raised issues such as tax cuts and water policy in private meetings with them at his official residence. But their accounts of the meetings differed Monday. Some Republican legislators who...Tags: Regional Authority, Justice System, Government, Republican Party, Justice System
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Hawker Beechcraft files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsHawker Beechcraft has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a statement, the planemaker said it has reached an agreement with "a significant number of its senior secured lenders and senior bondholders on the terms of a financial restructuring...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Career and Workplace
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FactFinder 12: Brownback poll causes controversy
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWhen he was a United States Senator, Sam Brownback's approval ratings were consistently positive. That's not the case during his time as governor so far, according to our exclusive FactFinder 12 Scientific Surveys. Now, Brownback's supporters question...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Elections, Polls, Parties and Movements
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Wichita soldier dies in Afghanistan
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA Fort Riley Soldier has died in Afghanistan. Thirty-two year old Staff Sgt. Zachary Hargrove was pronounced dead at a medical facility at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, after being found unresponsive in his living quarters on May 3. The cause of death is...Tags: Government, Afghanistan, Executive Branch, Facebook, Politics
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For This Year's Cinco De Mayo, Art Museum Offers Opening Celebration of Mexican Art Exhibit
Easy to forget, around this time of year, that the culture of Mexico is more complex than street tacos and Ferris wheels. Nothing wrong with tacos at an afternoon fiesta or two around town in May. Not ever. It's just good to know that, this year (the...
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Analysis: Projections still soft on Kan. tax plan
Associated PressReducing income and sales taxes requires Kansas legislators to have faith that the cuts will stimulate economic growth as advertised, as even the most solid projections involve some guesswork. A disagreement last week between the Le gislature's...Tags: Regional Authority, Income Tax, State Income Tax, Taxation, Kathleen Sebelius
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Maker of 'pink slime' closing three plants, 650 jobs gone, because of outcry over meat product
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product that critics have dubbed “pink slime,” a company official said Monday. About 650...
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