Kensinger backs tobacco firm against tax plan
Kansas lobbyist David Kensinger, longtime adviser to Gov. Sam Brownback, lobbied Reynolds American against a tobacco tax hike amid budget talks. His private email use and ties to Brownback raise conflict questions. lawmakers cite insider access and open records concerns. Reynolds declined comment.
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David Kensinger
Shawn Sullivan
Kensinger
Reynolds American
Kansas Secretary of State
Reynolds
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Hensley
Eileen Hawley
Brownback
Sullivan
Eagle
House
Washington
Riley Scott
American Cancer Society
Scott
Parallel Strategies
Topeka Capital-Journal
FBI
Walk With Jesus Easter event at Church of the Brethren
A free multisensory Easter program titled Walk With Jesus will run Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Church of the Brethren located at 505 N Eighth St. The event guides participants through Jesus last days on earth. For more information, call 276-7391.
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Jesus
Church of the Brethren
Eighth St
GVRV Hosts Old Time Country Band at Retirement Village
A musical variety program featuring Old Time Country Band and the Diller family will be held at Garden Valley Retirement Village at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The public may attend at no charge. contact 275-5036 for details.
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Diller Family
Garden Valley Retirement Village
Espruce St
Ford County picks sheriff Friday in GOP caucus
Ford County Republican precinct committee members meet Friday at 6 30 p m to elect a new sheriff to replace Dean Bush who retires at end of June. Candidates Anthony Buckner Bill Carr and Lee Hawes seek the post with 54 eligible voters. A majority is required and the governor will appoint the winner. The new sheriff will serve starting July 1 to complete Bushs term ending January 2017.
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Ford County
Republican
Dean Bush
Anthony Buckner
Bill Carr
Lee Hawes
Bush
Home improvement show spurs ideas and wine tastings in western Kansas
Visitors at the Western Kansas Broadcast Center’s 40th Annual Better Home and Better Living Show explored remodeling and landscaping ideas from vendors like Anderson Windows while sampling Czech Red wine from Smoky Hills Vineyard. Shoppers mingled with gardeners, jewelers, and car dealers as Ivaree Prewitt reported strong attendance and vendor satisfaction during the weekend event in Garden City.
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Steve Parman
Parman Brothers Ltd
Johnson City
Finney County Exhibition Building
Western Kansas Broadcast Center
Justin
Jennifer Stevens
Wyatt
Izzy
Holcomb
Jennifer
Anderson Windows
Western Irrigation
Susan
Jose Rivera
Garden City
Susan Rivera
Jose
Smoky Hills Vineyard and Winery
Ken Mayfield
Kansas
Mayfield
Donna Briggs
Briggs
Doris Spor
Spor
Ivaree Prewitt
Prewitt
Senate budget shifts aid favoring private colleges in Kansas
The Kansas Senate backed a budget move reallocating need based grant funds from public universities to independent colleges. The plan would save $5.3 million by limiting state aid to public Board of Regents schools and directing 84 percent of the pot to private institutions, affecting 3,500 public school students and 1,500 private college recipients.
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Kansas
Salina
Tom Arpke
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas State University
University of Kansas
Andy Tompkins
Board of Regents
House
Sam Brownback
Benedictine College
Mid-America
Nazarene University
Manhattan
Christian College
Wesley
Bethel College
Wesleyan
Arpke
Vicki Schmidt
Topeka
Marci Francisco
D-Lawrence
Senate of Language
Washburn University
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