County weighs 75 percent tax break for ConAgra expansion
The ConAgra incentive plan would combine a 50 percent break with additional local and state tax abatements for a training center, recreation facility, road widening, odor cleanup, and partial funding of Farmland Road. Total potential ad valorem relief could reach 75 percent over 10 years. Local EDA and CDBG grants target $1.5 million of a $2.6 million road project, with April 21 deadline for EDA grant. County Commission meets Monday at 8 a.m.
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ConAgra
Ing
Farmland
Farmland Road
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
Commission
Finney County Administration Building
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Tax: Breaking Down School Finance Plan Details
The House Appropriations Committee begins examining a $3.3 billion 1999-2000 school budget with $2.2 billion from state coffers. Weights under the base budget per pupil shape general funds, plus local option budgets. Small districts gain from weighting. critics urge local funding emphasis. Mullinville uses telepresence and shared teachers to cut costs.
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House Appropriations Committee
Kenny Wilk
Lansing
Wilk
Kansas
Senate
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Bob Corkins
The
Kansas Public Policy Institute
Corkins
Janis Lee
Chensignton
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Lawmakers tussle over tobacco monies
In Topeka lawmakers clash over how to spend tobacco settlement funds part of the education plan debate. Senate leaders delay budget talks while House proposals redirect funds from Smart Start to early grade education and at risk 4 year olds, denying shifts from general school funding.
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Topeka
House
Kansas Children
Senate
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Morris
Children’s Cabinet
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Yee
Jim Garner
Coffeyville
Bill Graves
Graves
Glasscock-Garner
Garner
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