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Bill requiring KU-WSU game panned By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOPEKA — This week, the state of Kansas has three college men’s basketball teams ranked in the Top 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. But one of those teams, Wichita State University, doesn’t play the other two, Kansas University
and Kansas State University. That would change under legislation introduced Tuesday by state Sen. Michael O’Donnell, RWichita. Starting in the 2014-15 academic year, KU and K-State would each have to schedule a nonconference game with Wichita State. “These are absolutely going to be sellout games,� O’Donnell said.
O’Donnell said the matchups would be a hit with basketball fans and promote the state. He said the games would also decrease travel time for the teams. Similar legislation has been filed before and clanked off the rim. But O’Donnell noted he has a Please see BASKETBALL, page 2A
Market features fresh art
KDOT head can’t pinpoint proposed $30M in savings
By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com
High-end fine art isn’t for all artists. It’s not for all patrons’ pocketbooks, either. That in mind, a dozen primarily under-the-radar artists are planning an event that combines fresh, original artistic designs with practical items and approachable-sized — and priced — canvasses. The Fresh Squeezed Art Market, featuring mostly Lawrence residents and Kansas University students or graduates, is set for 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Dead Leaf Designs, 1739 Walnut St. in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Mo. “I wanted to do something that was more functional than fine arts,� said organizer Scott Burr, a Lawrence resident who works full time at Blue Collar Press and has a sculpture degree from KU but is trying to develop and sell children’s toys and items in his original
By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
SCOTT BURR’S “RABBIT PROTOTYPER,� A SERIGRAPH PRINT with water color, and the other pieces pictured are among Lawrence artworks scheduled to be for sale at the Fresh Squeezed Art Market on Saturday in Kansas City, Mo.
IF YOU GO Fresh Squeezed Art Market runs from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Dead Leaf Designs, 1739 Walnut St. in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Mo. To preview some of the featured artworks, check out squeezedart. tumblr.com, Twitter.com/ SqueezedArt or search for Fresh Squeezed Art Market on Facebook. com.
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Wallets by Lawrence illustrator and textile designer Leah Hoelscher
Leah Hoelscher’s “Volcanes De Amore�
Opponents say anti-union bill restricts free speech By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOPEKA — Opponents of an anti-union bill said Tuesday they fear the measure could prevent public sector employee unions from nearly all political speech. Rebecca Proctor, an attor-
ney who specializes “This bill is insidiin labor law, told the ous,� Proctor said. “It Senate Commerce will completely silence Committee that the the voice of many pubbill could prevent lic employees.� state workers from House Bill 2023 was participating in the approved last week political process LEGISLATURE by the House and is through public union now being heard in the political action committees. Commerce Committee.
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Much of the debate about the bill has centered on how it would affect the Kansas National Education Association. The measure would prohibit teachers from making voluntary paycheck deductions into the KNEA’s political action
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TOPEKA — Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Mike King on Tuesday said he had no specifics on how the state would save $30 million over the next two years by taking over the Kansas Turnpike Authority. Gov. Sam Brownback has called for KDOT to assume authority over the daily operations of the 236-mile turnpike, although the KTA would remain in existence. In his budget proposal, Brownback has built in savings of $15 million for each of the next two fiscal years that will result “from greater cooperation between the two agencies.� On Tuesday, the Senate Ways and Means Committee’s ranking minority member, Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, asked King about those savings. King said he had no list of specific items that would produce those savings. Kelly asked if the $30 million figure was just an arbitrary number. King said if the Legislature wants KDOT to find those savings, it will. He said it was probable that most of those savings would come from efficiencies in KDOT rather than the KTA. — Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.
Water discussion on tap
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City commissioners have asked for a study of whether adding fluoride to the water supply is beneficial. Page 3A
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