Brownback signs stopgap to avert state worker furloughs
Governor Brownback signed a stopgap measure to prevent furloughs for more than 24,000 state employees as lawmakers failed to pass a new tax package. The bill delays pay cuts while lawmakers continue budget talks, with Brownback cautioning it does not solve the underlying revenue gap.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
House
Senate
Brownback
Sen
Vic
Ki Schmidt
Ron Ryckman
R-Clathe
Kansas Organization For State Employees
Kansas
Kansas Department of Transportation
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Roundup GVRV musical program and community notices
A roundup of local events lists a Tuesday 7 p.m. free musical program featuring Billy and Loretta Whitfield of Syracuse at Garden Valley Retirement Village. Also noted are dog obedience classes at City Dog Park run by the Garden City Recreation Commission with a $40 six week session starting June 2, and KAKE-TV Reading Caravan award for Holcomb Elementary School plus a yo-yo performance by Brent Dellinger and summer reading signups at Holcomb and Wiley schools.
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Billy and
Loretta Whitfield
Syracuse
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Garden City Recreation Commission
City Dog Park
Whitney Buchman
GCRC
Holcomb
Kake-Tv
Brent
Dellinger
Salina
Wiley
Tyson Battle of the Beef BBQ crowns Matthews in corporate win
Nine teams competed over 13 hours in Tyson Fresh Meats sponsored event with 3000 prize. Jeff and Bud Matthews won corporate division beating 3 Lees BBQ, claiming brisket and tri-tip wins while Smokin Armadillos BBQ led backyard with brisket and flat-iron. Judges weighed appearance and taste across brisket tri-tip and flat-iron with creative presentation.
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Jeff
Bud Matthews
Tyson Fresh Meats
Lees
Tyson
Matthews
Keith Overland
Mel Ketterling
Steve Landgraf
Landgraf
Kansan Republicans Break No Tax Pledge On $470 Million Bill
Fourteen Republican senators defied no tax pledges to push a bill boosting state revenue by 470 million dollars. The measure, advancing 21 to 17, raises sales cigarette and HMOs taxes while trimming itemized deductions to close a 400 million dollar deficit. Key signatories included O'Donnell and Pilcher-Cook, who cited a food tax cut and broader tax policy shifts. opponents noted the largest tax increase in state history.
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Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Senate
Terry Bruce
R-Hutchinson
Bruce
David Haley
Kansas City
Steve Fitzgerald
Leavenworth
Topeka
GOP
House
Americans For Prosperity
Americans For Tax Reform
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Jeff Melcher
Leawood
Michael O’donnell
Wichita
Mike Petersen
Mary Pilcher-Cook
Shawnee
O’donnell
Grover Norquist
Dennis Pyle
R-Hiawatha
Americans For
Pyle
Knox
Americans For Prosperity Promise
Don Kerschen
Garden Plain
Jacob LaTurner
Pittsburg
Ty Masterson
Andover
Larry Powell
Garden City
Greg Smith
Overland Park
Susan Wagle
Rick Wilborn
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Stevens Park
Mark Schranek
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