City commission schedules town hall in Garden City
The Garden City Commission will hold a town hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the commission meeting room on the second floor of the City Administration Center at 301 N. Eighth St. The public may bring comments and questions. no business will be conducted.
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Scam targets Kansans as electric bills loom
Western and central Kansas residents report a scam where callers or in-persons threaten immediate disconnection unless payment is sent by wire. A Hays business owner was told to pay instantly, but Midwest Energy confirmed the account was current and never accepts wire transfers. Cooperatives in Ulysses and Dodge City report similar tactics targeting Hispanics and others.
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Hays
Electric Company
Midwest Energy
Pioneer Electric Cooperative
Zin Ulysses
Shana Read
Kansas Electric E
Topeka
Victory Electric
Dodge City
Michael Sadeghi
Midwest
yEnergy
Kansas Silver Haired Legislature Seeks Candidate Applicants
The Kansas Silver Haired Legislature seeks candidates for the new term with a Feb 14 deadline. Applicants must be 60 or older, a county resident, and a registered Kansas voter. Delegates serve two years with no term limits. elections occur March 14 in 28 southwest Kansas counties if more than one candidate runs. Contact SWKAAA for forms and details.
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Southwest Kansas Area Agency
Con Aging
Dodge City
KSHL
Kansas
Topeka
Swkaaa
Kansas officials weigh corporate income tax cuts amid budget plan
Kansas lawmakers weigh lowering corporate income tax rates while pursuing Gov Brownback’s plan to further cut individual taxes. Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says the move could boost the economy but is complex to fund. The Kansas Chamber backs tax relief, while Democrats remain skeptical amid a $360 million projected corporate tax take next year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Nick Jordan
Brownback
Jordan
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Steve Anderson
Senate
Susan Wagle
Wichita
Marvin
Kleeb
Overland Park
House Commerce Committee
Anderson
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Kansas Supreme Court orders new capital murder trial
Topeka man Phillip D. Cheatham, convicted in 2005 of killing two women and wounding a third in 2003, will get a new trial due to ineffective assistance by his prior attorney. Justices faulted limited prep and improper courtroom remarks that harmed Cheatham’s right to a fair trial. State plans to retry him, seeking the death penalty, with DA and deputy DAs to prosecute. Cheatham is currently housed in a maximum security prison in Hutchinson.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Phillip D. Cheatham
Shawnee County
Annette Roberson
Gloria Jones
Annetta Thomas
Dan Biles
Cheatham
Dennis Hawver
Ozawkie
Hawver
Biles
Chad Taylor
Taylor
Derek Schmidt
Hutchinson
Wyandotte
Mark Braun
Braun
Chicago
Atrazine settlement pays US water systems over 100 million
More than 1 000 communities will receive shares of a 105 million settlement from Syngenta over atrazine. The fund rewards systems serving roughly 37 million Americans for past costs to filter the weed killer from drinking water. Payments range from 5 000 to several million, with Columbus Ohio getting 3 1 million and Illinois districts totaling 15 million.
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ST. Louis
Syngenta
Illinois
Des Moines
Iowa
Bill Stowe
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Columbus
Paul Minehart
Associated Press
Atrazine
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Mike Heffernan
Ottumwa
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