Kansas lawmakers clash over business tax breaks in election year
Kansas lawmakers debate ending or preserving business tax exemptions as the Legislature reconvenes for a veto session. Lawmakers cite fiscal concerns, election-year politics, and differing views on who bears the burden. Senate leaders caution on tax code ambiguity while supporters insist the public benefits from tax cuts remains misunderstood.
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Dren
Brownback
House
Senate
Republican Party
Jim Eschrich
Kansas City
Les Donovan
Wichita
Donovan
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Eric Stafford
Senate Tax Committee
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Hensley
Julia Lynn
R-Clathe
Jeff King
Independence
Lynn
Kansas
Fire damages home. cause under investigation
Fire officials say the blaze started in the rear of the Shelton home and spread to the attic. Arrival time around 6:30 p.m. and authorities cordoned off a live electrical wire as crews shut off electricity, gas, and water. Investigation ongoing with updates expected Friday morning.
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Shelton
Two Dodge City men charged with hate crime
Federal authorities charged Omar Cantero Martinez and Armando Sotelo with three counts each of bodily injury in a June 19, 2015 attack on three Somali men in Dodge City. The indictment cites race and national origin as motives under the Matthew Shepard Act.
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Dodge City
Omar Cantero Martinez
Armando Sotelo
Martinez
Sotelo
Matthew Shepard
James Byrd Jr
Ford County
Sotelo-Martinez
Omar Martinez
United States
Mexico
Wichita
Students plant first garden at local school
Fourth graders in Kelli Livermore and Jana Johnson science classes planted lettuce tomatoes peppers and watermelon to show plant growth and environmental lessons. Principal Skyla Wehkamp credited Combs for the idea and ribbon cutting marked the outdoor garden’s start as a community and summer program effort with students responsible for watering and weeding in three vegetable boxes.
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Combs
Finney County
Aryanne Beleford
Allison Lightner
Kelli Livermore
Lightner
Releford
Florence Wilson
Skyla Wehkamp
Wehkamp
Livermore
Jana Johnson
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Docking Institute of Public Affairs
Fort Hays State University
Stafford
Garden City Avenue
Finney County Humane Society
Spagghetti
St. James Lutheran Church
Belmont St
Garden City, KS
Arel
Elemele Oya Vari
Windsor
Erste Vy
Ica
Ues
OS Ita
Garden City
American Legion
S. Main, Garden
SPN
Coy & James Benefit - Dinné
He Legion Hall
Hernandez
Idnighht
Ee Bincor
Art Green
Knights
Areasumbus
N. 8Th St
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