Samuel Dale Brownback is an American attorney,politician,diplomat and member of the Republican Party who served as the United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from 2018 to 2021. Brownback previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas (1986–93),as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district (1995–96),as a United States senator from Kansas (1996–2011) and the 46th governor of Kansas (2011–18). He also ran for the Republican nomination for President in 2008.
U.S. Route 400 is a 481.306-mile-long (774.587 km) mostly east–west U.S. Highway,commissioned in 1994. The highway's western terminus is in Granada,Colorado,at an intersection with US 385. The highway's eastern terminus is southwest of Joplin,Missouri,near Loma Linda,at an interchange with Interstate 44,with which it shares with US 166. It originally ended in Garden City,Kansas;in 1996 it was extended to its current western terminus.
The Kansas Turnpike is a 236-mile-long (380 km),freeway-standard toll road that lies entirely within the US state of Kansas. It runs in a general southwest–northeast direction from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City. It passes through several major Kansas cities,including Wichita,Topeka,and Lawrence. The turnpike is owned and maintained by the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA),which is headquartered in Wichita.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) is the organization that owns and maintains the Kansas Turnpike.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is Kentucky's state-funded agency charged with building and maintaining federal highways and Kentucky state highways,as well as regulating other transportation related issues.
K-10 is a 36.611-mile-long (58.920 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It was originally designated in 1929. It is mostly a controlled-access freeway,linking Lawrence to Lenexa. It provides an important toll-free alternate route to Interstate 70. Several scenes for the TV-movie The Day After were filmed on the highway at De Soto in 1982 portraying a mass exodus evacuating the Kansas City area on I-70.
Interstate 470 (I-470) is a 13.72-mile (22.08 km) loop highway that bypasses the downtown area of Topeka,Kansas. I-470 begins at an interchange with I-70 in western Topeka and heads generally southeast,running concurrent with U.S. Route 75 (US-75). The concurrency with US-75 ends 5.74 miles (9.24 km) later at the Burlingame Road interchange. I-470 becomes part of the Kansas Turnpike at its junction with I-335. From there,the highway heads generally northeast through the southeastern sections of Topeka. After traveling 7.03 miles (11.31 km) as the Kansas Turnpike,I-470 reaches its eastern terminus at I-70. The highway has annual average daily traffic values as high as 43,000 west of Gage Boulevard to as low as 10,370 near the eastern terminus. As an Interstate Highway,I-470 is a part of the United States National Highway System. The non-turnpike portions of the highway are maintained by the Kansas Department of Transportation,while the turnpike portion is maintained by the Kansas Turnpike Authority.
K-26 is a 3.601-mile-long (5.795 km) state highway located entirely within Cherokee County,Kansas. It runs from an intersection with U.S. Route 166 (US-166) and US-400 northwest of the Missouri/Kansas/Oklahoma tripoint north to K-66 in Galena. The highway is maintained by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT).
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Kansas.
K-177 is a 102.871-mile-long (165.555 km) south–north state highway in central Kansas. It runs from U.S. Route 54 (US-54) near El Dorado northward to US-24 in Manhattan,passing through the Flint Hills. It is part of the Flint Hills Scenic Byway and the Prairie Parkway.
The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) is a biosafety level 4 research laboratory in Manhattan,Kansas,operated by the United States Department of Agriculture. The facility is slated to open in October 2021,combatting biological threats involving human,zoonotic,and foreign animal diseases,replacing the aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) on Plum Island,New York. The primary research tenants of the facility will be the Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Animal Plant Health Inspection Service,Veterinary Services (USDA-APHIS-VS). Construction on the 574,000-square-foot (53,300 m2) facility officially began in May 2015,and was scheduled to be fully completed by May 2021,however the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has delayed scheduled commissioning to October 2021. Operations will be fully transferred from the Plum Island facility by 2023. When fully operational,the facility will employ between 250 and 350 people. The facility is a constituent member of the Biosafety Level 4 Zoonotic Laboratory Network. It is currently led by Alfonso Clavijo.
K-150 is a 16.645-mile (26.788 km) east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. The route begins at a roundabout with U.S. Route 56 (US-56) and US-77 northeast of Marion and runs east to a junction with US-50 southwest of Elmdale. It runs through the Flint Hills region of Kansas,and is a two-lane road its entire length. There are no cities or towns along the road,but it provides a direct link for traffic from Marion,Hillsboro,McPherson and points west to Emporia and the Kansas Turnpike.
K-256 is an approximately 5-mile-long (8.0 km) east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. The highways western terminus is at U.S. Route 56 (US-56) northwest of Marion and the eastern terminus is at US-77 east of Marion. K-256 directly serves the city of Marion,the county seat of Marion County. The highway is a two-lane road its entire length. The section of K-256 within the city of Marion is maintained by the city.
Debra L. "Deb" Miller was the Vice Chair of the Surface Transportation Board. She previously served as the Kansas Secretary of Transportation under three successive Governors of Kansas between 2003 and 2011. She is Kansas' first female and longest-serving Secretary of Transportation.
For other people named Richard Carlson,seeRichard Carlson (disambiguation).
U.S. Route 54 (US-54) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from El Paso,Texas,to Interstate 72 (I-72) in Griggsville,Illinois. In the U.S. state of Kansas,US-54 is a main east–west highway that runs from the Oklahoma border east to the Missouri border.
Pamela M. Warren is an American civil servant who served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Administration under Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating. Warren served as secretary from January 1,1997,until her retirement from state service in January 2004. In addition to her service as secretary,Warren served as the director of the Oklahoma Department of Central Services during that same time period.
Jeremy Ryan Claeys is a member of the Kansas Senate and a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
