Water funding plan targets sales tax for Kansas aquifer plan
A blue ribbon panel proposes diverting one tenth of one percent of existing sales tax revenue to fund Kansas water protection projects. The plan would earmark up to 40 million dollars annually to extend the Ogallala Aquifer and rehabilitate sedimented reservoirs, with a constitutional amendment and 10 year renewals to protect the funding.
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Kansas
Ogallala
Sam Brownback
Gary Harshberger
Kansas Water Authority
Joyce Wolf
Audubon of Kansas Board of Trustees
Economic Development Initiative
Lewis
GVRV to Feature Old Time Country on Tuesday Program
The Old Time Country music group will headline a 7 pm Tuesday variety program at Garden Valley Retirement Village 1505 E Spruce St. The public is invited free of charge.
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Spruce St
Building Bridges event scheduled at Garden City High School
The third annual Building Bridges event runs 6 to 8 p.m. February 9 at Garden City High School in the commons. Finney County Workforce Connections organizes the program to connect business and industry with educators for student learning opportunities. The event features catered hors d oeuvres, a keynote by Bob Kreutzer of Tatro Plumbing, and career-grouped breakout discussions. Also, Smoky Hills Public Television’s Kansas Legislature season premiere airs 7 p.m. February 3 with live call ins from SHPTYV viewers and legislators.
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Buffalo Way
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Finney County Workforce Connections
Garden City
GCHS
Bob Kreutzer
Tatro Plumbing
Smoky Hills Public Television
Kansas
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Smokyhillstv
First Legislative Coffee Set for Feb 25 at St Catherine Hospital
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce presents the first legislative coffee of the year at 10 a.m. on February 25 at St Catherine Hospital. The series invites the public to listen to and question area legislators about Topeka issues. Future coffees are planned for March 18 April 15 with a tentative May 20 date. Breakfast is provided, and there is no charge.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City Area
Schmidt outlines Kansas history in Supreme Court talks
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt gave an hour long history of the state's role in U S Supreme Court cases at Constitution Hall Lecompton in front of about 100 people. He highlighted cases from 1860 to the present noting major rulings and the phrase actual malice from Coleman v MacLennan. He discussed his own appearances before the court since 2011 and the state’s seven Supreme Court cases since 2010.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
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Missouri
Missouri River
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New York Times
Sullivan
Coleman
MacLennan
Topeka State Journal
High Court
Lawton Nuss
Kansas Supreme Court
Kris Kobach
Nuss
Paul Bahnmaier
Lecompton Historical Society
Independence
Bahnmaier
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