Tax panel faces rifts over Kansas tax reform
Critics on the 13 member House taxation committee and a smaller conference panel clash over who built the tax bill. Kevin Campbell of Team One asks how Kansas can fix its fiscal crisis. Calls grow for open revenue reform and debate on provisions before finalizing any tax package.
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House
Hineman
Kevin Campbell
Team One Contractors
Kansas
Campbell
Jennings
Sam Brownback
Gerry Schultz
Garden City
Kansas Supreme Court
Federal housing rules aim to expand opportunity nationwide
New HUD rules will require communities to study patterns of segregation and plan to reduce it or spread resources. The policy, announced by Julian Castro, seeks to enforce the Fair Housing Act more consistently, promoting integrated neighborhoods with access to jobs and good schools while provoking debate over federal overreach versus local control.
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Housing and Urban Development
Julian Castro
Chicago
HUD
Obama
Castro
Supreme Court
Hans von Sankovsky
The
Heritage Foundation
University of Kentucky Law School
Robert Schwemm
Baltimore
Ferguson
South Carolina
Debby Goldberg
National Fair Housing Alliance
Housing
Federal Housing
Carol Galante
Libby Starling
Metropolitan Council
Twin Cities
Garden City adopts zoning compliance certificate for new businesses
The ordinance creates a hybrid zoning compliance certificate costing 25 dollars, to be posted at each business. Over six months pamphlets will explain the program, with about 85 businesses per year affected. Administration costs exceed the revenue, subsidizing the program. Local groups support the measure, aiming to ease new business entry and inform real estate clients.
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Kentner
Dan Fankhauser
Garden City
Roy Cessna
Downtown Vision
The
Chamber
FCEDC
Lona DuVall
DuVall
Holcomb Approves Love's Site Utilities Bid
Holcomb council approves Middlecreek Corp bid to extend utilities on one of six lots for Love's location. Total project cost 915460 includes construction engineering surveying geotech report inspection and easement acquisition. Final plat approved June 24 with closing expected in coming month and groundbreaking after closing. Construction to run six months with retail and light industrial site planned near US Highway 50.
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Middlecreek Corp
Love’s
Geotech Re
MDT Development
Holcomb
U.S. Highway 50
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