Gov Brownback honors Olathe shooting victims
Gov. Sam Brownback honored the Olathe shooting victims, calling the attack an evil act and stating it will not divide Kansas. He condemned the violence and praised the Indian-American community and victims Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Madasani. Alok Madasani and Tan Grillot thanked supporters, as victims were also honored on the Senate floor.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Olathe
Srinivas Kuchibhotta
State of
Kansas
Brownback
Adam Purinton
U.S. Navy
Associated Press
Purinton
Kuchibhotla
Madasani
Alok Madasani
Tan Grillot
Garden City Area Chamber Postpones Legislative Coffee
The Legislative Coffee event scheduled for Saturday in Garden City is postponed to Saturday March 25. Chamber officials cite several area legislators attending a funeral as the reason. The forum will begin at 10 a.m. in the Heartland Cancer Center lower level.
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Garden City Area
Garden City GCCC Endowment Auction Aims for Eighties Theme
Garden City Community College Endowment Association schedules its annual Scholarship Auction for April 7 at the Finney County Exhibition Building. Doors open 6 p.m. with a Back to the Eighties theme and $25 wristbands bought in advance. Grand prize is 25000 dollars. raffle tickets 50 dollars. Pizza Hut catered dinner 10 dollars with Lent options. some proceeds support the endowment. Wristbands and raffle tickets available through multiple local outlets or the endowment office. age limit 21 for purchase.
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Garden City Community College Endowment Association
Finney County
Pizza Hut
Gccc Endowment Association
GCCC
Keller-Leopold Insurance
Kinney Glass
Wharton’s
Skeeter’s Body Shop
Endowment
Gcccendowment.com
Senate Rejects School Cuts in Kansas Budget Vote
Kansas Senate passed a budget package 27 to 13 to avert a more than 1 billion dollar revenue shortfall by delaying pension payments and borrowing 100 million, while rejecting Susan Wagle’s bid to cut K-12 funding and resisting across the board reductions favored by conservatives. The chamber also added 2 million for Osawatomie State Hospital beds and 1 million for community mental health programs as part of the plan.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Senate
Susan Wagle
Wagle
Wichita
Mary Pilcher-Cook
Shawnee
Dennis Pyle
R-Hiawatha
Pyle
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Anthony Hensley
House
GOP
Wagle’s
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick
Kansas Department For Aging and Disability Services
Osawatomie State Hospital
Kansas Senate Approves Budget Package 27 to 13 Vote
The Kansas Senate passed the budget package 27 to 13. Area lawmakers who voted yes include John Doll of Garden City, Bud Estes of Dodge City, and Mary Jo Taylor of Stafford.
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Kansas Senate
John Doll
Garden City
Bud Estes
Dodge City
Mary Jo Taylor
Stafford
Hutchinson official disputes CPI based tax lid repeal debate
Hutchinson Assistant City Manager Meryl Dye argues that a CPI based property tax lid for cities is unrealistic because cities buy asphalt road equipment patrol vehicles and employee health care rather than consumer goods. The Kansas Senate committee heard mixed testimony on Senate Bill 167, which would repeal the lid amid advocacy from cities counties and trade groups urging repeal or retention.
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Hutchinson
Meryl Dye
Kansas
Senate Committee
Saline County
Randall Hardy
Salina
Hardy
Harvey County
Mount Hope
Russell
Stockton
Jon Quinday
Kansas Association of Realtors
League of Kansas Municipalities
Erik Sartorius
League
Cindy Green
Vogelsberg
Kansas Livestock Association
Aaron Popelka
KLA
County Commission
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Donley
KFB
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Stephanie Bogner
Celia Llopis
Jepsen
the Capital
Journa
Pine Streets
Brad Nadings
Kansas Association of Counties
Randall Allen
Johnson County
Allen
Ald
Patrick
Americans For Prosperity
Jeff Glendening
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Eric Stafford
Kansas Policy Institute
Dave Trabert
Caryn Tyson
R-Parker
Julia Lynn
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