Budget tax hike tests Kansas image and GOP restraint
Kansas faces a political test as Governor Parkinson to sign a sales tax increase through July 2013, the first general tax rise since 2002. Republicans argue past cuts strained schools, while Parkinson frames the measure as preserving progress in a state seen as conservative yet historically progressive.
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Mark Parkinson
Kansas
Grover Norquist
Americans For Tax Reform
Idaho
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Jersey
Senate Ways and Means
Jay Emler
Lindsborg
Nicholas Johnson
Washington Based
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
Conference of State Legislatures
New Mexico
Arizona
Federation of Tax Administrators
Kansas Supreme Court
Parkinson
Wasinger makes campaign stop in Garden City
Wasinger, a Kansas political figure, stopped in Garden City after growing up in Hays. An East Coast boarding school alumnus and Harvard economics grad, he built a career in state politics, serving Gov. Graves, Senate leaders, and Brownback’s staff, and he and his wife Meghan raise nine children.
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Garden City
Hays
Harvard University
Kansas
Then
Bill Graves
Constituent Services
Graves
Ate
Jerry Moran
Senate
Republican Caucus
Sam Brownback
Brownback
U.S. Senate
Meghan
Harvard
GCCC honors retiring faculty at reception and board action
The Garden City Community College event honored retiring staff including Olson Sanders and Barb Larson, with about 130 attendees at the Beth Tedrow Student Center. The board approved fire alarm and security system bids, facility repairs, new hires, retirements, and Datatel software renewal as governance updates were reported.
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Pauline Joyce
Barb Larson
Larson
Ballantyne
Gccc Board of Trustees
Jon Rutter
GCCC
Randy Williams
Garden City
Rutter
Williams
Finney County
Simplex Grinnell
Wichita
8G Electric
ACM
Office Solutions
Renkonoma
N.Y
Saffell Library
Dennis Perryman
Holcomb Council rezones property amid interchanges and development talks
Holcomb council votes to rezone land tied to a planned residential trailer court as part of ongoing negotiations with developers and to annex adjacent parcels for commercial use. Planning Commission Chairman Bill King notes water rights from the 1980s and a prior platting deal. The city approved a 130,959 dollar bid for Henderson Street repairs and reappointed key city officials. The First National Bank of Holcomb remains the official bank and The Garden City Telegram the official newspaper for legal notices.
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Planning Commission
Bill King
City of Holcomb
Miller
Kaleb Kentner
Holcomb City
Henderson Street
Klotz Land
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