Lawmaker Faces Hearing Over Winn Remarks on In-State Tuition
A nine-member House committee will investigate Democratic Rep. Valendia Winn for allegedly making racist and inflammatory statements during debate on the in-state tuition repeal bill for children of undocumented immigrants. The complaint accuses Winn of continuing offensive language after Rep. John Barker objected and cites remarks labeling the bill as racist and Bigoted. The inquiry follows years of debate on Kansas policy allowing in-state tuition for qualifying undocumented students.
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Valendia Winn
Winns
House Education Committee
Kansas
Ron Highland
Wamego
Education Committee
Winn
John Barker
Abilene
Statehouse
Barker
Senate
U.S
Jene Vickrey
Louisburg
Conduct of Representatives
March tax revenue misses estimates by 11.2 million in Kansas
Kansas state officials reported March tax revenue of 11.2 million below forecast, with oil and gas, sales, and corporate tax receipts lagging. Individual income tax topped projections by 8.7 million due to employment growth, but overall shortfalls complicate a 600 million deficit fix as lawmakers negotiate a balanced-budget package.
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Nick Jordan
Kansas Department of Revenue
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Senate
Tom Burroughs
Kansas City
Sam Brownback
Burroughs
GOP
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Garden City High School’s BBS earns record 42 KAB awards
Garden City High School Buffalo Broadcasting System students win a record 42 awards at the Kansas Association of Broadcasters competition including 19 state champions and 15 runners-up. Instructor Jesse Bernal notes expanded programs and hands on tech help drive success as students create TV and radio content for BBS TV on Cox Cable channel 21 and entry categories spanning newscasting entertainment sports features and documentaries. The awards will be presented at the KAB Student Seminar in Topeka with 75 awards to 12 schools statewide.
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Buffalo Broadcasting System
Gchs Broadcasting
Kansas Association of Broadcasters
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Bernal
GCHS
Zoel McVey
Horace Good Middle
McVey
Joshua Irsik
BBS
Irsik
Mickey Bridges
DeLeon
Miranda Dunsworth
Parr
Bridges
Madison Farr
Farr
Julia Montoya
Topeka
2015 KAB Award Winners for GCHS Television and Radio
The 2015 KAB award winners for GCHS include state champions across television categories with Rafael Diaz on a 30 second PSA and Jeffrey Currin as news anchor, Davida DeLeon as documentary sponsor, Juan Maldonado for entertainment program, Roger Ryman for a research paper, and Taylor Steele in promotion activity. State runners up feature Mickey Bridges Joshua Irsik Sarah Beltran in station promotion and Ricardo Sauceda public affairs, Madison Farr news anchor, Alexandria Thirakul documentary, Ernesto Hinojosa in promotion. honorable mention Gunner Hebrlee public affairs, David Fernandez complete sports feature, Annalise Parr news anchor, Claudia Castro documentary.
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GCHS
Rafael Diaz
Jeffrey Currin
Davida DeLeon
Juan Maldonado
Roger Ryman
Taylor Steele
Mickey Bridges
Joshua Irsik
Sarah Beltran
Ricardo Sauceda
Madison Farr
Alexandria Thirakul
Ernesto Hinojosa
Nicole Rivera
Erica Nicholson
Gunner Hebrlee
Annalise Parr
Anahi Perez
Enterprise
Jonah Vainevere
James Koerperich
Nyvia DeLaCruz
Raven Rosas
Isaac Cedillo
Natalie Montelongo
Erika Acosta
Zac Karlin
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Topeka Capital-Journal
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Stephanie Bogner
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Garden City
Josh Irsik
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