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SALAM AL GHAFLI, RIGHT, AND HIS MOTHER, FATIMAH, will both graduate from Kansas University on Sunday with bachelor’s degrees. Salam and Fatimah took five classes together and, at Fatimah’s insistence, sat side by side in the front row. Gathered Thursday in front of Strong Hall, from left, are Salam’s brother, Hassan Al Ghafli, his father, Dr. Mansour Al Ghafli, and his mother.
Side by side, mother and son graduating from KU Sunday “Both,� they said. It wasn’t what the attendant was expecting to hear, Salam said. But it Fatimah Al Ghafli and her son was appropriate, considering his colSalam walked into the Kansas Unilege experience. versity Bookstore last month, headFor four years, Salam and Fatimah ing back to the graduation section. have driven to campus together A woman in charge of cap-andfrom their Lawrence home. They’ve gown sales approached them and, as crammed for tests together until late Salam tells it, asked, “Who’s graduat- at night. They’ve gone together to ing?� professors’ offices. They’ve sat side By Matt Erickson
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by side in six different KU classes — always in the front row. And on Sunday, they will walk down the hill to Memorial Stadium and graduate together. When he walked into his first KU class in the fall of 2009 to see his mother saving a seat next to her in the front row, Salam realized his Please see FAMILY, page 2A
TOPEKA — Budget and tax negotiations broke down in the Legislature on Friday, prompting another round of Republican infighting before legislators went home, guaranteeing that the wrap-up session would extend into another week. Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, R-Hutchinson, referred to the Senate as “go to chamber� and more conservaLEGISLATURE tive than the House. In the House GOP caucus, legislators said they were feeling pressured by their Senate colleagues and frustrated. House Tax Chairman Richard Carlson, R-St. Marys, said, “We don’t have an A-team and a B-team. We have a Senate and a House. They are co-equals,� he said. The dispute among Republicans, who Please see SESSION, page 2A
Senate would ban tax dollars to promote gun control By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
Attorney general’s office taking lead on Ottawa case By Ian Cummings icummings@ljworld.com
Prosecutors from the Kansas Attorney General’s office have taken on the lead role in the capital murder case stemming from the quadruple homicides discovered at a property in rural Ottawa last week, according to a statement from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office Friday. Kyle T. Flack, 27, of Ottawa, has been charged with two counts of capital murder and two counts of
first-degree murder in connection with the killings of Kaylie Kathleen Bailey, 21, of Olathe; Bailey’s boyfriend, Andrew Adam Stout, 30, of Ottawa; and Steven Eugene White, 31, of Ottawa; whose bodies were Flack found at a home on Georgia Road, about five miles west of Ottawa, early last week. He is also charged in the killing of Bailey’s 18-month-old daughter, Lana-Leigh
Bailey, whose body was found in rural Osage County late Saturday. Flack remains in Franklin County Jail with bond set at $10 million, and he could face the death penalty if convicted. He is scheduled to appear in Franklin County District Court again July 8. The Franklin County Attorney requested the assistance of the Kansas Attorney General’s office, according to the statement, and will continue to play a role in the prosecution. — Reporter Ian Cummings can be reached at 832-7144.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate on Friday approved a measure that prohibits the use of state tax dollars to advocate for gun control at the local, state or federal levels. The bill was backed by the National Rifle Association and Americans for Prosperity, which argued that taxes State Sen. shouldn’t be used to pro- Tom Holland, mote regulations of legal D-Baldwin City, said there was products. The lobbying arm of the no definition of NRA issued a statement that “gun control� in said, “The practice of using the bill. taxpayer dollars to fund gun control campaigns and lobby against your Second Amendment rights must be stopped.� But several senators, who also support Please see GUN, page 2A
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