Karlin rebukes state audit on Garden City district
USD 457 Superintendent Steve Karlin challenged a Kansas Legislative Post Audit report suggesting energy cost cuts, surplus sales, and a storage building sale. He opposed eliminating IT and clerical staff and reducing custodial services to save up to 1 million annually, warning of negative impacts and a potential mutiny.
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Kansas Legislature
Garden City
USD
Steve Karlin
House
Senate
Legislative Post
Karlin
Jennie Barker
Finney County
LPA
Julia Lynn
Mixed local reaction to tobacco age increase in Garden City
Local teens launched an online petition after the Garden City Commission voted to raise the legal tobacco age to 21 starting July 1. Jack Koehn and Adaly Garcia, both 17, led the effort which drew 202 supporters in Kansas and 218 elsewhere before petition removal amid controversy.
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Garden City Commission
Jack Koehn
Garden City High School
Adaly Garcia
City Commission
Kansas
Farmers reassured by Trump renegotiation stance on NAFTA
Kansas farmer David Schemm, NAWG president, says a renegotiated NAFTA is better than pulling out as US wheat prices hover near $3 a bushel. He notes Mexico buys about 10 percent of US wheat and warns a total NAFTA withdrawal could worsen a fragile farm economy.
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Wallace County
David Schemm
Mexico
Schemm
Kansas
Washington
National Association of Wheat Growers
Donald Trump
White House
NAFTA
Trump
U.S
Inter
National Trade Administration
United States
Kansas Department of Agriculture
U.S. Ag
Canada
Gulf
Daniel Heady
Kansas Wheat
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