Kansas superintendents push tax hike for education
Kansas education leaders pressed for a tax increase beyond Gov. Graves 68 million proposal. They cite teacher shortages, rising special education costs, and growing at risk and English learner populations. Garden City seeks higher salaries to compete with private industry, while Hill City trims budget and closes schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bill Graves
Jay Emler
R-Lindsborg
John Vratil
R-Leawood
Vratil
Senate Education
Dwayne Umbarger
Thayer
Garden City
Milt Pippenger
Pippenger
Sewer rate hike likely at Garden City meeting
Diane Lewis reports the Garden City City Commission is set to consider a second sewer rate increase to fund a $13.5 million treatment plant built to meet EPA water quality regulations. If approved, residential bills could rise from about $11 to $15 per month, with state and regional averages higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City City Commission
Garden City
Nynth St
Joel Mahnken
Public Utilities
Kansas
Environmental Protection Agency
Snow days squeeze area schools into scheduling bind
Garden City, Scott City, and Ulysses schools face snow day shortages as heavy winter forces cancellations. Garden City has five cancellations and four snow days left. Scott City added ten minutes to each day. Ulysses reports better footing with only two snow days used. Administrators eye Easter or President's Day makeups and consider reclaiming days via vacation time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lentz
Garden City
Lentz
Scott City
Jim Barrett
Barrett
Bill Hall
Ulysses Schools
Hall
Grant County
Ulysses
Weather disrupts mail delivery across Southwest Kansas
Rain and sleet shut down mail service Friday with some post offices closing early while others stayed open for stamps and packages. Holcomb and Ulysses offices reported no deliveries from Dodge City or other hubs, leaving trucks unseen and customers still mailing bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Debby Oller
Holcomb Post Office
Dodge City
Oller
Wichita
Kansas City
Holcomb
Ulysses
Rene Garcia
Gas exploration slows as investors stay cautious in Kansas
Danny Biggs of Pickrell Drilling says investor reluctance keeps wells from being drilled even as prices rise. With a history of low supplies and dismantled industry, producers await sustained long term price recovery. Kansas legislators weigh measures to curb winter gas costs while Biggs refurbishes a second rig but delays further purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Danny Biggs
Kansas
Biggs
Pickrell Drilling Co. Inc
Great Bend
Bob Krehbiel
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
KIOGA
Natural gas proposals advance in Legislature
The Wichita AP report notes Kansans face high gas prices as lawmakers study ideas to ease costs. Proposals include creating a state energy coordinating council, directing excess franchise fees to insulation funding, capping merged utility costs, tax incentives for tech to extract more gas, itemizing bills, and a state utility bill assistance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Energy Coordinating Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Parsons
John Benson
Benson
Senate Education Committee
Hill City
Superin
City Commission
Diane Lewis
Commission
Graham K. Johnson
Telegram
Danny Romero
Salazar Obiedo
Obiedo
Walnut Street
Main
Seventh
Romero
Ann Landers
Eevee Nation
Southwest Life
el World Ee
Ewe Hooper
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!