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Bill Would Give Residents More Control over Proposed Poultry Plants

Published February 2, 2018 at 2:42 PM CST
Protests last fall against a proposed poultry plant in Leavenworth County have inspired a bill that would give Kansas residents more power to stop the construction of such plants. (Photo: Kansas Public Radio)
Protests last fall against a proposed poultry plant in Leavenworth County have inspired a bill that would give Kansas residents more power to stop the construction of such plants. (Photo: Kansas Public Radio)

Kansas residents would have more say on whether large poultry plants locate near their homes under a proposed bill in the legislature. The proposal stems from last fall’s public backlash against plans for a chicken plant near Tonganoxie. Reporter Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service explains.

 

     

         

 

 

 
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