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This is a photograph showing Governor Graves signing the Comprehensive Transportation Program bill into law in Paola, Kansas. It provided a total of $12.6 billion over ten years from a combination of bonds, taxes, and reallocation of funds. Secretary of Transportation E. Dean Carlson is pictured behind the Governor. Carlson, from Nebraska, retired from a thirty-six-year career with the Federal Highway Administration and was hired by Governor Graves to lead the Kansas Department of Transportation. To the left of Governor Graves is Senator Nick Jordan and Senator Robert Tyson. To his right is Secretary Dean Carlson, Senator Karen s. Brownlee and Representative Jene Vickrey.
Creator: Kansas Dept. of Transporation
Date: May 10, 1999
Item Number: 304979
Call Number: 2017-145
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 304979
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1990s - 1999
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Graves, Bill
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - Senate
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Transportation, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Paola
Places - Counties - Miami
Type of Material - Photographs
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