Fire relief effort expands across Kansas counties
As Kansas dries to recover from the largest wildfires in state history, 651,576 acres have burned across nearly two dozen counties including Clark Finney Gray Haskell and Lane. Fires destroyed homes bridges and roads killing thousands of livestock. A Multi Agency Resource Center in Clark County and similar efforts in Hutchinson aid survivors with state agencies United Way and schools coordinating donations and relief efforts across the region.
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Kansas Adjutant General’s Department
Clark County
Rooks County
Katie Horner
KAGD
Kansas Insurance Department
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Kansas Department of Children and Family
Kansas Department of Revenue
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
United Way
Hutchinson
Satanta High School
Satanta
Ashland
Details sought on property tax breaks for businesses
In Topeka lawmakers press for data on property tax abatements given to companies as they weigh extending the statewide 20 mill levy for K 12 education. Senate tax panel ordered the Revenue Department to tally abatements amid budget pressure and a court order to boost school funding.
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Topeka
Department of Revenue
Ceive
Anthony Hensley
Kansas Association of Realtors
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas Supreme Court
Funding water plan funding stalls in Kansas legislature
Lawrence Rep. Tom Sloan chairs a water and environmental policy committee amid a stalled effort to fund Gov Brownback's long range water vision. A proposed one tenth of one cent sales tax carve out faces House resistance due to a $755 million revenue shortfall. Stakeholders prefer raising fees to bolster the State Water Fund, but agreement is elusive.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Tom Sloan
Sam Brownback
Supreme Court
Sloan
Ron Ryckman Jr
Don Hineman
Jim Ward
Weather Outlook Mixed for Week with Sunny Thursdays
A brief forecast notes today will be partly sunny with a high near 67 and a low around 34. Thursday trends mostly sunny with a high near 83 and a low about 41.
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