County s battles over ad valorem tax on machinery and county business
Finney County officials remain in court with Bonanza Ethanol over whether commercial and industrial machinery and equipment at the Bonanza site qualifies for ad valorem tax exemptions under state law. The county seeks a district court ruling while approving related actions including hazardous waste facility certification, a mapping contract, EMS and health department updates, and a grant application for Youth Services.
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Finney Country
Willis
Dave Jones
Kliewer
Burgardt
Jones
Garden City
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Pinnacle Mapping Technologies Inc
Fishers
Ind
Finney County
Emergency Medical Services
Joe Hopkins
Health Department
Ashley Goss
Hopkins
Goss
Southwest
Office Solutions
25Th Judicial District
Eminence
Dighton
Senate advances budget cut bill in Kansas
The Kansas Senate backed a budget cutting bill with 23 votes to 16, as all eight Democrats and 15 Republicans joined to defeat Masterson's amendment. The plan funds special education at $26.3 million more to avoid future penalties and aligns with Brownback's 2012 recommendations while targeting pay cuts for state officials and adjustments to school aid in the current and coming budget years.
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Masterson
Senate Committee
Kansas
Ways and Means
Carolyn McGinn
McGinn
Sedgwick
Brownback
Mginn
House
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Board of Regents
House Budget Committee
Obama
Congressional Black Caucus
Emanuel Cleaver
D-Mo
Senate Budget Committee
Kent Conrad
D-N.d
State Department
US Agency For International Development
Teachers and administrators meet in Denver to discuss collaboration
Education leaders from NEA and urban school groups gather to push a shared approach beyond salary talks. They argue that student achievement suffers when focus narrows to contracts, urging joint planning among teachers, principals, and districts. The summit features remarks by Arne Duncan aides and district officials.
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Dennis van Roekel
National Education Association
Roekel
Denver
Michael Casserly
Council of the Great City Schools
Michael Goar
Boston Public Schools
Adrian
Mich
Chris Timmis
Timmis
Justin Hamilton
Education
Arne Duncan
GOP mocks Obama budget as House weighs cuts in 2012 plan
GOP leaders criticized President Obama's budget unveiled a day earlier as a partisan clash looms in Congress. The plan blends tax hikes on the wealthy with a five year domestic-spending freeze and boosts for schools and security, aiming for def icit reduction but projecting a 1.65 trillion gap this year.
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House Budget Committee
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Congress
Iraq
Afghanistan
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Paul Ryan
R-Wis
Ryan
ABC
Good Morning America
Today
Jeff Sessions
Senate Budget Committee
Alabama
CBS
Maryland
Chris van Hollen
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