County settles with Bonanza BioEnergy over property tax overcharges
Finney County Commission approved a settlement paying about 1.7 million dollars to Conestoga's Bonanza BioEnergy LLC for overcharged property taxes from 2011 to 2014. Four payments total 1,562,157 in principal plus roughly 150,000 in interest, following a 2015 Kansas Board of Tax Appeals ruling. The dispute stemmed from asset classifications under a 60 percent tax abatement begun in 2008 and production starting in 2007.
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Bonanza BioEnergy, LLC
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Kansas faces possible school funding showdown like New Jersey
Kansas may see school closures or funding cuts as a constitutional clash over education finance echoes New Jersey’s 1976 crisis. The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered a fair funding remedy by a June deadline, guiding actions that included eight school shutdown days and eventually a tax plan. Forty-six states have pursued similar school litigation since the 1970s, highlighting ongoing debates over states’ duties to educate all children.
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Kansas City
TNS
Kansas
New Jersey
New Jersey Supreme Court
Paul Tractenberg
Rutgers University Law
Trachenberg
Missouri
Daniel Thatcher
National Conference of State Legislatures
Beef Empire Days Cattle Working Contest heats up at Finney County Feedyard
The annual Beef Empire Days Cattle Working Contest drew thirteen teams from area feed yards as couples Laci Sullivan and Jeremy Culbertson competed on separate teams. The event tests vaccinating tagging and ear implanting eight cattle per team with scoring and time used as a tiebreaker. Sullivan, with Ulysses Feedyard, and Culbertson, with Ingalls Feed Yard, both hoped for top placements, while their children watched from the sidelines.
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Finney County
Laci Sullivan
Jeremy Culbertson
Culbertson
Ingalls Feed Yard
Sullivan
Ulysses Feedyard
Justin Escamilla
Finney County Feedyard
Ramon Soto
Jesus Alvarez
Circle Cattle Growers
Garden City
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