State workers face salary cuts in Kansas budget plan
Kansas House budget bill would cut salaries to help close a 493 million shortfall. The plan sets a 7.5 percent cut for high earners over 100000 with a sliding scale for others, as the Appropriations Committee shapes nearly 14 billion in spending for the new fiscal year.
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Topeka
Kansas House
House Appropriations Committee
Com
Mittee
Sam Brownback
GOP
Pete DeGraaf
Mulvane
School board approves bids for new high school projects
USD 457 Board awards capital improvement contracts totaling over 1 million and adds Jean Clifford as third member to negotiate with Garden City Educators Association. Five of seven members present in a brisk 3 minute 55 second meeting. Contract winners include Alexander Open Systems for the high school network and Daktronics for gym scoreboard components.
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USD 457 Board of Education
Jean Clifford
Garden City Educators Association
Michael Utz
John Scheppner
Gloria Hopkins
Gai Dunford
Clifford
Jeff Crist
Bruce Reichmuth
Commerce Bank of
Garden City
Daktronics of
Garden Plain
Garden City man takes no contest plea in stabbing murder
Luis Montoya, 54, pleaded no contest to second degree murder in the 2009 stabbing death of his sister Maria Montoya. He had faced first degree charges and was scheduled for trial and sentencing on April 25, following competency evaluations.
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Garden City
Luis Montoya
Maria Montoya
Finney County District Court
Tamara
Sheets Seeks Smart Growth in USD 363 Board Bid
Holcomb native Sean Sheets, a Garden City salesman, runs for Holcomb USD 363 Board of Education Position 1 facing Todd Winters. He cites state budget shortfalls and education cuts, urging smart growth to broaden horizons for current and incoming students while tightening belts.
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Sheets
Holcomb
Board of Education
Sean Sheets
Todd Winters
Holcomb School Board
American Implement
Garden City
Topeka
Former sheriff's deputy pleads guilty to exploitation charges
Timothy Rains, 47, of Lakin, pleaded guilty on March 10 in Kearny County District Court to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child. A plea deal dropped 10 counts. sentencing set for May 3. The case began with five felonies and later expanded during a 2010 preliminary hearing.
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Timothy Rains
Lakin
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Kansas Attorney General
Jeff
Wagaman
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Rains
Andrew Bauch
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Tonight will be clear and colder with a low around 33 degrees. Wednesday turns sunny and windy with improving conditions across the day. Details available on page A8.
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