KANSAS EARMARKS LIKELY TO BE LOST
The Wichita Eagle (Kansas)
December 24, 2006
Here are examples of Kansas earmarks that probably won't be funded:
- $400,000 -- Wichita State University for engineering programs
- $200,000 -- WSU for facilities and equipment for the Center for BioMEMS and Biodevices
- $150,000 -- World Impact Good Samaritan clinic in Wichita for facilities and equipment
- $200,000 -- World Impact Good Samaritan clinic in Wichita for renovating facilities
- $300,000 -- Wichita Public Schools for technology, software, and equipment for special education students
- $200,000 -- Butler County Community College for its court reporters training program
- $300,000 -- Augusta Public Schools to encourage staff development in technology
- $250,000 -- Youthville in Dodge City for the construction of a new kitchen facility
- $100,000 -- Kansas Learning Center for Health, Halstead, to promote better health in youth.
- $1.3 million -- Kansas State University for equipment to support postnatal stem cell research.
- $500,000 -- Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., for equipment for the Chronic Disease Management Center.
- $200,000 -- MidAmerica Nazarene Universityin Olathe for distance education initiative in western Kansas.
- $150,000 -- MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe for teacher training programs
- $150,000 -- Atchison Hospital for equipment
- $750,000 -- Coffeyville Regional Medical Center for facilities and equipment
- $300,000 -- Primestar Health Center in Hutchinson for facilities and equipment
- $250,000 -- St. Francis Health Center in Topeka for equipment
- $250,000 -- TLC for Children and Families in Olathe for their transitional living program for at-risk youth
- $200,000 -- National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia
- $100,000 -- Van Go Mobile Arts in Lawrence for education and vocational training for at-risk youth
- $250,000 -- Pittsburg State University College of Technology for the purchase of equipment
- $400,000 -- University of Kansas for a high-speed communications network
Senator Tom Coburn
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2254 Fax: 202-228-3796
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