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UPCOMING TODAY:
SCHOOL FUNDING FIGHT
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate is scheduled to debate a plan for boosting aid to poor school districts. The increase is tied to proposal to trim other kinds of aid to all school districts and adjust the budget outside of education, as well as a proposal to give a tax credit to parents who send their children to private schools. UPCOMING: 300 words.
ABORTION-KANSAS
TOPEKA — Some abortion opponents in the Kansas Legislature are maneuvering to avoid a debate on a proposal to ban most abortions early in pregnancy while engineering passage of a bill making technical changes in anti-abortion laws. They've abandoned the textbook process for passing a bill to prevent the House from having a wide-ranging debate on abortion issues because one lawmaker says he would "absolutely" offer a plan to prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. UPCOMING: 500 words.
WICHITA-ABORTION CLINIC
WICHITA — A Wichita clinic says it has provided about 1,200 abortions in the year since it opened. The South Wind Women's Center says it served about 1,500 patients for reproductive care, including abortions up to 14 weeks. UPCOMING: 400 words.
EISENHOWER MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON — The staff of a federal panel that must approve plans for memorials in the nation's capital is expected to recommend that commissioners reject the design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The group working to build the memorial plans to take the project back to the National Capital Planning Commission with new evidence that its stainless steel material will be durable and long-lasting. The group is seeking approval to move forward, although the Eisenhower family and other critics have objected to architect Frank Gehry's design. By Brett Zongker. UPCOMING: 500 words.
IN BRIEF:
— DOUGLAS COUNTY-AGRITOURISM — Douglas County officials reversed an earlier decision and will allow agriculture tourism operations in the county.
— DOG ATTACK-FATALITY — An autopsy says a Topeka toddler died from crushing head injuries after being bitten by a dog in December 2012.
— DELAYED START-FUNERAL — Kansas legislators delayed the start of their work Thursday so that dozens of lawmakers could attend the funeral of a House member's wife.
— KANSAS RESEARCHER-LAWSUIT — The University of Kansas is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by a former professor who claims its School of Medicine retaliated for his assertion that the university misappropriated federal research grants.
— SCHOOLS-AGRICULTURE GRANTS — Eight Kansas schools have been selected to receive state grants to promote the use of local foods in schools and agriculture education in the classroom.
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