Big Pool faces old issues as 1959 budget talks resurface
City commissioners revisit Big Pool costs and plans amid bond and grant financing, weighing options from a water park to indoor pool. A pool committee formed June 26 will study alternatives, with recommendations due around October 30. Annual operating costs run about 100000, water leaks amount to 44 million gallons yearly, and wall slopes exceed safety standards. The pool opened July 18, 1922.
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City Commission To Discuss Zoning And Social Funding
The commission reviews Kohl's nine‑lot zoning plan and 6.8 acre Park Plaza Addition annexation, plus developer agreements for K156 and Park Plaza. Social funding for CASA and BBBS prompts debate on budget and accountability while sidewalk repair and noise waiver requests also appear on the agenda. Sales tax receipts lag about 60,000 behind last year, with a 1.2 million budget cut in January to offset potential revenue gaps.
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Rising health costs push need for wider private insurance pool
State officials and health leaders warn rising medical expenses, driven by high tech care and lifestyle-related diseases, strain public programs like Medicaid. Proposals in Kansas and Wisconsin seek to spread costs by expanding private coverage, lowering individual premiums through shared risk pools. Hospitals face higher costs as inpatient care shifts to ER use and technology, with reimbursement at 43 cents on the dollar for public insurance patients.
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Kansas lawmakers tackle energy reliability amid rising power strains
Legislators pressure regulators to prevent outages as transmission loads surge from 2000 to 1999, while Sunflower Electric faces possible limits on imports and exports. Kansas eyes renewables, tax reforms, and incentives as pipelines from Wyoming loom, Hugoton gas wanes, and Sunflower state diversifies energy sources.
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Miller charged in fatal and nonfatal stabbing of wife
Finney County prosecutors say Miller plotted to kill Jenice Miller in May 17 attack outside the Grain Bin bar. Jenice testified Miller brought a 6 inch knife from home hid it in his car before luring her to the parking lot and stabbing her repeatedly.
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