AFP petitions seek caps on Garden City spending
Paul Karkiainen reports that two petitions circulated in Garden City and county seeks to curb local government spending under TABOR. The Ameri can for Prosperity group set up an office at 203 E Laurel St as part of a broader push with two nearly identical petitions for city and county measures. The city proposal would limit annual tax revenue growth for city expenditures, based on the prior year's spending, with Caleb Stegall drafting the ordinance.
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Cans For Prosperity
E. Laurel St
AFP
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Enue
Caleb Stegall
Perry
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Nuss faces ethics complaint
Justice Lawton Nuss weathered a political storm after a lunch discussion in March with state senators about school finance. In a judicial ethics filing he apologized for a lapse in judgment and said the inquiry was brief and harmless, yet critics including Sen Tim Huelskamp call for his resignation over alleged outside-the-court discussion.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Lawton Nuss
Salina
Senate
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Pete Brungardt
Rsalina
Judicial Ethics
Nuss
State Commission On Judicial Qualifications
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Huelskamp
Ishaqi raid probe clears U S troops of misconduct
A military investigation found American troops did not commit misconduct in the Ishaqi village raid north of Baghdad, despite acknowledging up to 13 Iraqi deaths in March. Separately, a Haditha case lawyer said three or four Marines fired while about 20 waited outside, with families declining exhumation for forensic tests.
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Ishaqi
U.S
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Wet fields stall wheat harvest in Kansas
Wet fields across southern Kansas delay the ripening winter wheat harvest despite rising temperatures and clearing skies forecast. In Kiowa area, cutting has begun with about 400,000 bushels moved amid 61 lb bushel test weights. Pratt County reports 59-60 lb tests and 20-30 bu/acre yields as fields dry.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Department of Commerce
Alan Meyers
OK Co-op Grain Co
Kiowa
Meyers
Hartner
Pratt County
Mandates on IDs fail to curb fake documents trade
In Los Angeles near MacArthur Park a counterfeiting network thrives selling fake driver licenses and Social Security cards for as little as 150 dollars. Immigrants, teenagers, and ex convicts seek them for work or access to bars, while lawmakers debate a national ID and employer verification.
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MacArthur Park
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Kevin Jeffery
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