Kansas job growth lags peers as private sector slips
Kansas still trails surrounding states in private sector job creation since 2007. Payroll Survey shows 1,129,800 Kansas jobs in July, 6,600 below the 2006 peak, while May 2010 marked a rebound to 1,423,784 in the Household Survey. Analysts discuss two surveys, tax policy impacts, and the national economy shaping state employment trends.
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Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Malcolm Harris
Friends University
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Brownback
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Bill Clinton
White House
Bill Graves
Jeff Colyer
Rocky Mountain State
Sooner
Martin Perline
Wichita State University
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute
State University of New York
Perline
Arthur Laffer
Ross Dress for Less Opens in Garden City with Savings
Slam Dress for Less debuts with a soft opening offering 20 to 60 percent savings on apparel shoes and gifts. Garden City shoppers find brand names in a wide range including juniors and designer items. The store donated 1000 to Friends of the Finney County Public Library and runs an in store drawing for gift cards through Oct 19 with five 100 prizes and a 500 shopping spree.
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Ross
Karen Holguin
Colorado
New Ross Dress For Less
Friends of the Finney County Public Library
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Hostetler
Missing Ellis County man found dead linked to gunshot wound
Ellis County authorities found Jacob Montoya II dead near a pond after locating his vehicle in a wooded area about half a mile west of the Russell County line. The sheriffs office says the death appears to be from a personal safety related gunshot wound and notes Montoya was born in Garden City with multiple family members in the area.
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Garden City
Sheriffs Office
Jacob Montoya II
Russell County
Rand Paul to campaign for Roberts and Brownback in Kansas
U S Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky will visit Kansas on October 28 to campaign for Governor Sam Brownback and Senator Pat Roberts. The appearance follows other campaigns by Republicans and may portend a 2016 presidential bid. Paul’s schedule also includes stops in Virginia New Hampshire Ohio Iowa Michigan and Illinois.
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New Hampshire
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Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Garden City teen dreams of Mars and NASA liaison
Mary Lynn, active in church and 4-H and enrolled in a GCCC calculus class, loves math and envisions a future linking NASA with the Japanese Space Agency. She enjoys her college calculus course and describes math as cool and infinite in concept. Her plans are flexible.
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Garden City
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Mars
GCCC
Mary Lynn
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Space Agency
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