Free cancer screening at Masonic Lodge during June Jaunt
Sharon Springs Masonic Lodge 417 hosts a free cancer screening on Saturday during the June Jaunt. From 9 a.m. to noon MT at Greeley County Family Clinic 321 E. Harper, open to the public with no appointment. Screenings include skin and prostate cancer, bone density, and breast cancer information. call Mark Smith at (620) 376-8266 for details.
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Plan to repeal tax exemptions in Kansas budget plan
A Kansas lawmaker proposes removing exemptions for schools, public hospitals, and youth groups to close a 2016 budget gap. The plan, if enacted, would erase sales tax breaks for nonprofit hospitals and blood banks, and remove school property and building cost exemptions, aiming to raise about 177 million and 126 million respectively.
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Girl Scouts
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Senate
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Abrams
GOP
Democrats split on tax strategy amid stalled bills
In Topeka lawmakers carved divisions over a proposed tax package as House Democrats allowed debate on a Republican bill while Senate Democrats used parliamentary moves to halt progress. The dispute centers on raising about 400 million dollars to balance next year's budget, with Republicans wary of changes to business exemptions and Democrats split on sales tax increases.
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Senate
Tom Sawyer
Wichita
Sawyer
Anthony Hensley
Sam Brownback
Conference Committee
Hensley
Terry Bruce
R-Hutchinson
John Carmichael
Garden City Big Pool Opens After Repairs and Warm Weekend
The Big Pool in Garden City opened for the summer with about 70 patrons on Sunday as aquatics director Monica Colborn praised the turnout despite cool weather. Opening was delayed by a week for emergency repairs costing nearly $200,000 to fix main lines, a west wall, and a fill pipe. The city aims to boost circulation, reduce water loss, and curb past algae issues while offering 1 to 6 p.m. hours weekdays and 1 to 7 p.m. weekends through August 9 with a $2 admission.
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Monica Colborn
Garden City Commission
Colborn
Garden City
Joe Quines
Katie Guebeara
Guebeara
Time running out on state employee furloughs in Kansas
Kansas budget director Shawn Sullivan warned lawmakers that non essential state workers face furloughs starting June 7 unless a funding plan is passed by June 6. Agencies may spend non salary funds until June but payroll authority ends June 6 as the next fiscal year begins and the budget gap of 400 million remains.
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Kansas
Shawn Sullivan
Sullivan
GOP
Vicki Schmidt
Schmidt
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