Kansas lawmakers urged to revisit 2012 2013 income tax cuts
The Kansas Department of Revenue reports a $27 million revenue shortfall, with eight consecutive misses and only $8 million above estimates from insurance premiums. The editorial rebukes the 2012 and 2013 income tax cuts, arguing Brownback’s plan mortgaged future finances and failed to boost state revenue, urging reconsideration.
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Kansas
Gctelegram.com
Kansas Department of Revenue
Topeka Capital-Journal
House
Ray Merrick
R-Stilwell
Senate
Susan Wagle
Wichita
Merrick
Sam Brownback
Obama
Barack Obama
Wagle
Brownback
Community golf tour boosts local economy study
Online readers cite golf course and tournament spending as a bigger benefit than taxpayer subsidies. Jim Echols comments on a mentoring program for families receiving cash assistance, urging personal responsibility.
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Gctelegram.com
Garden City Recreation Commission
Jim Echols
Department For Children and Families
Letters to the Editor Policy at The Telegram
The Telegram outlines letters to the editor requirements including signatory name address and phone number with confirmation before publication. Letters are limited to 500 words and may be edited for libel and length. thank-you notes and form letters are not printed.
Kansas Medicaid expansion seen drifting past 16 months
At a Johnson County Community College forum Sen. Jeff King said expansion remains at least 16 months away, noting Kansas has stalled beyond the federal three year window and that a Kansas based plan through private insurers could avoid general fund cost. Indiana's Healthy Indiana Plan cited as a model while Gov Brownback aides attack expansion as entitlements. Local business leaders and hospital officials urged starting the conversation now.
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Kansas
Johnson County Community College
Jeff King
Independence
Kan
King
Missouri
Mercy Hospital of Independence
Julie Griffin
Coffeyville
Griffin
Sam Brownback
Melika Willoughby
Doug Leonard
Indiana Hospital Association
Leonard
Indiana
Jim Denning
Overland Park
Denning
Forbes
Mike Pence
Kansas Hospital Association
House
Senate
Terry Dunn
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Robert Moser
Kansas Senate
Dave Kerr
Hutchinson
Brownback
Tom Bell
Bell
For-Profit Colleges Exposed as Industry of Fraud
A critique argues that the private for profit college sector relies on government funding and loans, delivering little market value. It cites EDMC practices, high student debt, and Goldman Sachs ownership, noting a major penalty and stock collapse as evidence of systemic fraud.
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Education Management Corporation
EDMC
Wall Street
Goldman Sachs
Obama gun control push seen as political move
Opinion argues Obama uses executive action to push gun policy amid Congress stalemate. It cites FBI background checks, mass shootings, and a DOJ study on gun sources, while criticizing liberalism for prioritizing intent over outcomes and predicting policy reversals if Republicans win.
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FBI
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Newtown
Conn
Bloomberg
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Gallup
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Mitch McConnell
White House
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