Kansas Senate weighs tax hikes to solve budget shortfall
A Kansas Senate committee debates raising sales and tobacco taxes and possibly liquor levies to raise about 500 million in new revenue for a 13 billion dollar budget. Educators and social services groups push for tax increases while tax opponents gather at rallies. Parkinson supports higher taxes to restore past cuts, amid a polarized public stance.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
Means Committee
Mark Parkinson
Big Tent Coaliion
Alliance of Advocates For
Mosaic complex to house 14 clients in Garden City
Mosaic broke ground on a 14 unit apartment complex at 3002 E Schulman Ave in Garden City. The one story building will be wheelchair accessible with 24 7 staff support and outside entrances. Dick Construction of Garden City and Gibson Mancini Carmichael Nelson designed the project funded by a 1.1 million HUD grant.
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Kriss Ayala
Mary Yardley
Debbie Reynolds
Mosaic
E. Schulman Ave
Yardley
Garden City
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Reynolds
Dick Construction
Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael
Nelson Architects
John Doll
Bob Sperling
Tough immigration law faces new road blocks in Arizona
A referendum drive and lawsuits threaten Arizona's immigration measure. A federal suit seeks an injunction to block enforcement, while a referendum could delay the law until 2012 if signatures exceed required amounts and timing. Officials note ballot deadlines and potential shifts to 2012, highlighting federal preemption and due process concerns raised by opponents and groups including the ACLU and MALDEF.
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Phoenix
Arizona
United States
Associated Press
National Coalition of
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Secretary of State
Andrew Chavez
FCEDC explores cheese plant with potential for Finney County
Finney County Economic Development Corporation officials disclosed ongoing talks with an out of state food manufacturer considering expanding to southwest Kansas for a cheese processing plant. If relocated the project could create about 150 start up jobs with 50 to 60 acres of land incentives. An additional unnamed firm is cited as exploring a second plant yielding 150 to 200 jobs. Board notes anonymity. May 26 meeting announced.
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Garden City
Eric Depperschmidt
Finney County Economic Development Corporation
Kansas
Dopperschmidt
Pro
Finney County
Denver
Leprino Foods
Greeley
Colo
FCEDC
Depperschmidt
Eight St
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