City Panel plans oversight on comprehensive plan and floodplain study
Garden City officials outlined creating a city panel to oversee progress on a comprehensive plan and potential capital projects. A hydrologic study of a drainage basin may proceed with $15,000 city contract pending FEMA guidance, with county funds. Fireworks rules near July 4 prompted discussion on aligning local codes with state rules.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Sam Brownback
FEMA
Beth A. Freeman
Garden City
Matt Allen
Allen
Allen Shelton
Finney County
Kearny
Shelton
House delays tax policy debate amid revenue gap
Lawmakers postponed debate on a tax plan as economists forecast a 467 million shortfall between projected revenues and mandated expenditures for the fiscal year starting July 1. Governor Parkinson urged waiting for the April outlook while protesters urged raising taxes to protect education funding.
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House
Peggy Mast
Emporia
Mark Parkinson
Parkinson
Statehouse
Lexie's Law moves to House after Senate vote on day care bill
The bill named Lexie's Law seeks tighter oversight of Kansas day cares after 13 month old Lexie Engelman died in a Johnson County home day care in 2004. It would raise inspections, require sight or hearing of providers, ensure regular checks on napping children, and create an online database of licensed centers. Kansas ranks low in child care regulation and concerns about self reliance vs government aid appear in debate.
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Noah Slay
Berryton
Topeka
Senate
House
Lexie
Lexie Engelman
Johnson County
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Kansas
Julia Lynn
Laura Kelly
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Premiums rise or fall under health care plan claims
The plan could slow premium increases but unlikely to lower them. Obama cites two studies with caveats omitted. A Business Roundtable report suggests employers could save about 3000 per worker, but it excludes final bill language. The CBO says large employers may save up to 8 percent, while individual buyers see 10 to 13 percent higher premiums, offset by tax credits for many households.
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Obama
Business Roundtable
White House
House
Budget Office
Sen
Evan Bayh
D-Ind
Taste of Home returns to GC with cookbooks and gifts
The Taste of Home event at GC features on stage recipes and sponsors gifts. Volunteers will prep ingredients before showtime. Emcees are Troy Unruh and Shonda Collins. Dishes prepared will be given away after the show. VIP seating is sold out. VIP buyers get a large cookbook and front-row seating. Public tickets remain at 6 dollars pre-show and 7 dollars at the door, available via The Telegram at 310 N Seventh St.
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Ochs
Troy Unruh
State Farm Insurance
Shonda Collins
N. Seventh St
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Wharton
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Fortiesome
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