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UPCOMING TODAY:
WATER POLICY
MANHATTAN, Kan. — A team developing a 50-year plan for managing the state's water resources at Gov. Sam Brownback's request discusses findings from discussions with hundreds of Kansas residents. UPCOMING: 300 words. By John Hanna.
FORT RILEY-FUTURE
FORT RILEY, Kan. — Fort Riley's military leaders are preparing to outline what residents can expect in the next four years at the northeast Kansas Army post as the military looks to downsize. UPCOMING: 400 words. By John Milburn.
COWLEY PRESIDENT RESIGNS
ARKANSAS CITY — After less than a year on the job, Cowley County President Clark Williams has abruptly resigned. Williams resigned from the college in Arkansas City Thursday amid complaints about his decision to eliminate the college's soccer programs and other decisions. UPCOMING: 400 words.
SEBELIUS RESIGNATION
WASHINGTON — For five years, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been a lightning rod for critics of President Barack Obama's health care law. But with sign-ups exceeding expectations and a new face soon to be in charge at HHS, the White House is eager to see if the poisonous atmosphere might give way to more pragmatic efforts aimed at fixing problems with the nation's newest social program. Obama will announce Sebelius' resignation Friday and nominate his budget director, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, as her replacement. The moves come just over a week after sign-ups closed for the first year of insurance coverage under the so-called Obamacare law. By Julie Pace And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar.
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IN BRIEF:
— TEACHERS-MARIJUANA — Two Hugoton High School teachers have been fired after district officials said marijuana was discovered on the school campus.
— COPPER THEFTS-HUTCHINSON — Copper thieves in Hutchinson have been targeting air conditioners, with seven thefts reported since March.
— BOB DOLE-KANSAS VISIT — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole is coming home to Kansas to visit the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas later this month.
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