Tax debate stalls as lawmakers mull higher sales tax plan
Kansas senators debated a bill to raise the general sales tax to 6.5 percent, raise cigarette taxes, add a per acre land tax idea, and replace business breaks with a payroll credit. Supporters urged focus while opponents warned delays hamper final resolution.
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Jeff Melcher
Leawood
Melcher
Donovan
Senate
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Topeka
Hensley
AZA SAFE Initiative Unveiled At Lee Richardson Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo joined AZA to launch AZA SAFE Saving Animals From Extinction a nationwide conservation drive targeting ten species this year and adding ten annually for ten years. The program partners zoos aquariums scientists and sponsors including Frito Lay Alex and Ani and FishFlops to support endangered species with education events apps and donations. Visitors are urged to learn about issues wild populations face and visit the zoo to support conservation while enjoying summer endangered species displays.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
AZA Safe
North America
AZA
Frito-Lay
Alex
Ani
Azasavingspecies.org
Kansas water plan moves forward as Ogallala depletion looms
At a Governor’s Water Conference, officials unveiled the second draft of a statewide plan to curb aquifer depletion by 2064. Western Kansas faces 70 percent drawdown, 40 percent of current irrigation may fail at a 400 gallon per minute pump, and 40 percent of reservoir space could fill with sediment within 50 years. Basin teams propose measurable, time-bound goals to reduce usage, diversify water sources, and safeguard economic activity, with final plans due to Brownback in November.
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Kansas
Ogallala
Brownback
Gary Harshberger
Dodge City
Republican
Gerald Franklin
Goodland
Upper Smoky Hill
O’brate
Upper
Arkansas
Harshberger
Richard Wenstrom
Kinsley
Great Bend
Authority
Wenstrom
Filatov pursues engineering via UBMS program
Filatov has attended Wichita State University UBMS for two summers to study math and science and explore writing and language courses. He plans to major in engineering at Northwestern University in the fall on a full scholarship after this summer’s program.
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Wichita State University
Math Science Center
UBMS
Webs. Wichita.ed
Chicago
Northwestern University
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