Budget talks drag as lawmakers near 13th wrap-up day
Lawmakers hoped for a quick deal but stalled on school finance delaying adjournment. The budget plan relies on an insurance tax fix and a 1 cent fuel tax hike to close a 206 million gap for 2002. House and Senate debates turned tense and mixed votes delayed key tax measures. Gov Graves awaits final action as leaders push for closure.
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Senate
Dave Kerr
Kerr
Hutchinson
House
Ads on immigrants stir debate over Fox remarks
The ads defend Fox claims on immigration and legalizing flows while labor experts note factual elements and oversimplifications. Officials cite layoffs at Yellow Freight in Overland Park, Kansas, as part of NAFTA impacts, and FAIR defends the messaging amid spending exceeding 154000 dollars in late April.
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Fox
United States
Yellow Freight System Inc
Overland Park
Kan
Tax debate lingers over budget and new revenue ideas
Lawmakers struggle to balance a 9.11 billion budget while revenue gaps threaten a 206 million shortfall. A planned 16.5 million highway tax acceleration and a 30 percent credit rewrite draw fierce debate and GOP splits. Senator Kerr defends the measures as nontraditional tax moves amid pressures from Gov. Graves and Sebelius.
US surveillance flight off China coast resumes
The EP-3E collided with a Chinese jet off Hainan, its 24 crew held 11 days. The RC-135, with up to 27 aboard, resumed operations without US fighters. China demands an end to surveillance while Rumsfeld and Bush weigh repair options and blame for the memo.
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U.S
China
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
United States
NBC
Lockheed Martin
Bush
Lawmakers balk at fuel tax as part of Kansas budget fix
The Anti-tax Network cites a $206 million hole while House votes showed a split on taxes. The oil and gas severance tax passed the House, but the fuel tax failed to win support, and an insurance premium tax was narrowly approved after being cut years ago. Moderate Speaker Kent Glasscock defends no general tax increase. Kansas lawmakers debate tax shifts amid farmer and trucker concerns in Liberal near the Oklahoma line.
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House
Bill Graves
Kent Glasscock
Lance
Tim Huelksamp
Dave Kerr
Kerr
Kansas
Manhattan
Mary Kauffman
Hutchinson
Kansas Taxpayers Network
Kauffman
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Liberal
Oklahoma
Juror Watch Tape In Teen's Murder Trial
Jurors in West Palm Beach viewed a videotaped police statement by Nathaniel Brazill then 13 who admitted shooting his teacher Barry Grunow on May 26. Prosecutors say Brazill claimed the shooting was an accident.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Nathaniel Brazill
Brazill
Barry Grunow
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