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Updated: 8:53 PM Jan 14, 2009
Texas Ponders Suing over Biothreat Lab Decision
Texas is considering suing over Homeland Security's decision to build a National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas. Texas says it couldn't respond to certain requests because its lawmakers weren't in session.
Posted: 8:33 PM Jan 14, 2009Reporter: AP |
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) _ Texas officials are considering suing the
Department of Homeland Security over its decision to award the
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to Kansas.
Among key points being raised is that Texas wasn't able to respond to a Homeland Security request to meet certain state infrastructure investments because legislators weren't in session.
Kansas has been awarded the project in a document signed Monday by Homeland Security Undersecretary Jay Cohen, though the agency
hasn't made its decision public.
Kansas officials say there was nothing unfair about the Homeland
Security process, including a 30-day comment period during which
Texas was able to put its concerns about the project in writing. The comments were made after Homeland Security announced in December that Kansas won the project.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
