KDOT official warns against diverting four tenths sales tax
Kansas House committee heard that seizing the 0.4 percent sales tax set aside for highways would force KDOT project delays and threaten T Works. Secretary Mike King warned losing the funding would erode borrowing power and halt calendar year road plans. Senate leaders and lawmakers urged keeping the money for road safety and economic benefits.
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Kansas
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Mike King
King
Brownback
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Hensley
House
Tom Burroughs
T-Works
Bank of
Burroughs
House Budget Committee
Kansas weighs delaying KPERS payments amid $3.7B cost
Gov Brownback proposes slower repayment of KPERS unfunded liability, potentially extending the 2033 goal to 2048 and adding about 9.1 billion in costs though offset by a 1.5 billion bond issue. critics say plan worsens fiscal health for state workers and taxpayers. KPERS covers state employees, teachers, and many local workers.
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Sam Brownback
Kansas
Brownback
Alan Conroy
KPERS
House Appropriations Committee
Kathy Wolfe Moore
Kansas City
Wolfe Moore
Ron Ryckman Jr
Rolathe
Ryckman
Conroy
Area students graduate and earn honor rolls in fall 2014
Emporia State University lists five local graduates led by Mandee Walck and Seth Drees with degrees in education and psychology. Oklahoma State and Washburn report 2014 fall honor roll lists including Garden City residents Anne Robinson, Morgan Tyree, Olvera, and Meade on the President's Honor Roll, plus Taryn Valentine and Trevor Tyree on the Dean's Honor Roll.
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Emporia State University
Mandee Brooke Walck
Garden City
Seth W. Drees
Alan Lavern Kessler
Lakin
Kinlee Scheer
Abraham J. Martinez
Pierceville
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Southwest Kansas
Anne E. Robinson
Morgan Victoria Tyree
Kinsley
Olvera Morgan
Meade
South
West Kansas
Taryn Rae Valentine
Cimarron
Trevor Jene Tyree
Moscow student earns Dean’s List honors at ENMU
Ashley Dahle of Moscow was named to Eastern New Mexico University’s Dean’s List for fall 2014 and graduated with honors on December 13. Dean’s List requires at least 15 credit hours and a GPA between 3.25 and 4.0, while honors need a 3.5 GPA or higher.
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Tiana Jade Schneider
Cimarron
Matthew David Barnett
Dighton
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Ashley Dahle
Moscow
Eastern New Mexico University
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