Lawrence Journal-World 06-28-12

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Residents waiting over 3 hours in DMV lines By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Area residents are reporting long wait times when renewing or applying for driver’s licenses at the state’s Douglas County service station in

Lawrence, 1035 N. Third St. Naomi Cataudella was waiting Wednesday with her daughter, who was applying for her first driver’s license. They got there early, about 7:40 a.m. but waited three

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AFTER WAITING IN LINE for two and a half hours, Jim Leonard, right, Baldwin City, gives his father-in-law, Manny Brandt, a look of disappointment after Brandt was told he may not have the necessary documents to get an identification card Wednesday at the Department of Motor Vehicles. DMV workers attribute the longer lines partly to the seasonal influx of teens getting their driver’s licenses.

hours and 10 minutes before being seen, she said. “We came yesterday, and it was like this,” said Cataudella, motioning to the dozens of people snaked around the lobby. Please see DMV, page 5A

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GOP hostility blocked Kan. work on health law

Scholars from the School of Rock

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Ruling expected today By John Hanna Associated Press

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JOHN HAUPTLI, CENTER, SHOUTS OUT SOME ROCK VOCAL INTROS with instructor Adrian Rees providing guitar during the School of Rock summer camp program Wednesday at the Lawrence Arts Center. The camp runs through Friday and includes lessons on instruments, creating rock concert posters and American Bandstand dancing. See the video at LJWorld.com.

TOPEKA — Kansas officials have made little progress toward enacting a key part of the federal health care overhaul, and Gov. Sam Brownback and fellow Republican critics of the law are instead hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike it down, saving them the trouble. If the nation’s highest court does that in its ruling, which is expected today, many Kansas officials are likely to celebrate. But if the justices uphold even part of the law, the state could find itself with a new health insurance exchange over which it has little control. Please see RULING, page 5A

Who wins, loses and pays depending

on the health reform ruling. Page 6A

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Schools told to prioritize budget requests By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

ABOVE PHOTO: Instructor Adrian Rees shows Nancy Luo how to play an E minor chord on an electric guitar during the School of Rock summer camp at the Lawrence Arts Center. LEFT PHOTO: Charlotte Tigchelaar dances to a rock song during the American Bandstand dance class, which was also part of the School of Rock.

TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents recently asked regents schools to come back with their specific funding requests. But board members got more than they bargained for. So, the regents told the schools to prioritize their projects knowing that some of the initiatives won’t make the final budget cut that is sent to Gov. Sam Brownback for consideration later this year. Please see REGENTS, page 2A

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