Malls push tax credits to boost Kansas agriculture growth
Governor Brownback backs a bill offering more than 10 million dollars in sales tax exemptions and corporate tax credits to large animal agriculture firms. The plan aims to spur new dairy milking and poultry facilities, though some lawmakers question retroactive benefits and alignment with HPIP goals. Endorsing groups say agriculture needs parity with other manufacturers, while critics cite transparency concerns.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Dale Rodman
Kansas Department
HPIP
Apple
Tom Holland
Lawrence
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas Park Association
Kansas Livestock Association
Aaron Popelka
KLA
Popelka
Rodman
Nick Levendofsky
The
Kansas Farmers Union
Fracking Talk Highlights New Southwest Kansas Interest
The Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District led a Brown Bag Lunch presentation at the Finney County Historical Society on fracking and horizontal drilling. About 20 attendees heard that Mississippi Limestone in southwest Kansas has long produced oil and gas but posed extraction challenges.
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Mark Rude
Finney County Historical Museum
Rude
Southwest
Kansas
Hugoton
Direc
Tor
Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District
Finney County Historical Society
Mississippi
Apartment plans stall over old Legion building zoning
The proposal to convert the 82 year old American Legion building at 125 Pine St into four three bedroom two bath units stalls as city officials wrestle with fit into central business district rules. Commissioners split 3 2 backing to not amend zoning to allow ground floor apartments.
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American Legion
Roy Cessna
Carlos
Candace Gamino
CSS Properties, LLC
Pine St
City Commission
Planning Commission
Central Business District
GCCC adds mobile classroom for food science program
Garden City Community College unveils a 920 square foot mobile classroom on campus to train food science students. The customized semi-trailer includes refrigeration for meat transport, cutting tables, a packager, meat smoker, interactive whiteboards, laptops, carts, and extensive instructional hardware. The TRAC-7 grant program funds the project, part of a Kansas consortium led by Washburn University to expand career training in food safety.
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Garden City Community College
Clint Alexander
GCCC
USDA
FDA
Alexander
The
Technical Institute At Washburn University
Kansas
U.S. Labor Department
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