Counties join suit over governor cuts to local funds
Western Kansas counties including Grant Gray Greeley Hamilton Haskell Lane Scott Stanton and Wichita vote to join a lawsuit seeking judicial clarification of the governor's authority to reduce local government demand transfers for 2003. Lakin and certain others abstain while Stevens County later opts in after initial listing. The aim is to plan budgets with the legal parameters clear and avoid missteps.
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Boards of
Kansas
Dixon
Lakin
Ralph Goodnight
Lakin City
County Commission
Kearny County
Grant County
City of Ulysses
Gray County
City of Cimarron
Greeley County
Tribune County
Hamilton County
City of
Syracuse
Haskell County
Sublette
Lane County
City of Dighton
Scott County
Scott City
Stanton County
Johnson City
Stevens County
Hugoton
Board of County Commissioners
Jones
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Lane
Scott
Stanton
Wichita
Gary Baker
Center Nazarene aid center helps Garden City families at Christmas
The charity runs 9 to 4 daily with noon close Tuesday, relying on volunteers to provide toys food clothing rent and utility help. Organizers plan expansions and counseling services as they widen local partnerships with Emmaus House Salvation Army and Harvest America.
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Quint
Emmaus House
Salvation Army
Harvest America
Jerry Ketner
Colorado Springs
Ketner
Garden City Church of the Nazarene
Garden City
Jim Bales
Kansas
Colorado
Virginia
Ohio
Mexico
Guatemala
el Salvador
Church of the Nazarene
Dodge City
Kristina Bridgman
Bridg
Man
Bible Christian Church
Padilla inspires students with global career possibilities
Padilla, a longtime Army veteran and teacher, shows students where a high school education can lead. He stayed late daily to help, later married, and spent a decade overseas. He stresses opportunities beyond familiar paths, shares maps of travels, and celebrates students nominating him for Who's Who.
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Padilla
Germany
Stuttgart
Frankfurt
Army
Fort Leavenworth
IBP
Tunity
Budget cuts demand fair share amid Kansas relief fights
Kansas faced a 312 million general fund shortfall on June 30 as Graves ordered 78 million in budget reductions sparing school aid and delaying highway and local government funding. Social service advocates from Interhale and Topeka groups vow lawsuits to block 26.6 million in Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services cuts, arguing federal rights and vulnerable citizens.
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Graves
State General Fund
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Steve Morris
Ringoton
Interhabe
Tom Laing
Interhale
Shawnee County
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Topeka
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