Jilka Huelskamp to Debate at ESU Forum on Sept 27
Alan Jilka of Salina and State Sen Tim Huelskamp of Fowler will debate at Emporia State University in Albert Taylor Hall on Sept 27 at 7 p.m. Libertarian Jack Warner was invited but cannot attend. The forum is nonpartisan with ESU groups and the League of Women Voters organizing. public attendance urged.
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Dsalina
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Emporia State University
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Plumb Hall
Jack Warner
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Huelskamp
Jerry Moran
U.S. Senate
ESU
American Democracy Project
Associated Student Government
League of Women Voters
Surveymonkey
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program applications open
Finney County seniors 60 or older with low income can apply at the Senior Center 907 N 10th St from 8 am to noon and 1 to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Twenty eligible applicants will receive $30 in vouchers for the 2010 harvest season to buy fresh produce at local markets through Oct 15. call Barbara Jensen at 272-3620 for details.
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Finney County
Barbara Jensen
Wichita hailstone may be Kansas record breaker
The National Weather Service reports a Wichita hailstone possibly the largest ever recorded in Kansas with a 7.75 inch diameter, 15.5 inch circumference, and 1.1 pounds. The Coffeyville 5.7 inch stone from 1970 was the standing record. A weather task force will meet next week to confirm the record.
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Regents freeze pay for top campus leaders
The Kansas Board of Regents froze the salaries of the six state universities top administrators for the second year. The fiscal year starting July sets KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray Lloyd at 267000, KSU President Kirk Schulz at 255000, WSU President Don Beggs at 255000, and Emporia State Michael Lane, Fort Hays State Ed Hammond, and Pittsburg State Steven Scott near 203000. Private funds may supplement state pay.
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University of Kansas
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Kansas State
Kirk Schulz
Wichita State
Don Beggs
Michael Lane
Emporia State
Ed Hammond
Fort Hays State
Steven Scott
Pittsburg State
GOP to file ethics complaint over Holland campaign alliance
The Kansas GOP will file with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission alleging illegal cooperation between Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Holland and the Kansas Moderate Majority PAC. The complaint says ads against Sen. Sam Brownback were coordinated, implying PAC spending above the $2,000 limit unless coordination is shown. Holland denies involvement, citing no knowledge of the ads.
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Kansas Republican Party
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Tom Holland
Clay Barker
GOP
Holland
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Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission
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Brownback
Kansas
Seth Bundy
Triad Management Services
Federal Election Commission
Triad
Barker
Ethics Commission
Tax overhaul aims to curb taxes and end exemptions
Kansas state Senator Dick Kelsey pitches a sweeping plan to cut the corporate income tax and a July 1 sales tax increase. The proposal would end sales tax exemptions for churches nonprofits and health clubs, tax professional services, utilities, and food could remain exempt for meals. The plan projects about 837.6 million in new state revenue and potential reductions to individual income tax.
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Dick Kelsey
Kelsey
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Kansas
Joint Committee On Assessment and Taxation
YMCA
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Regents seek 50 million boost for higher education funding
Kansas regents approve a plan to ask lawmakers for a 50 million dollar increase in state funding for postsecondary schools and a new aid program for low and middle income students. The package includes 20.5 million for inflation, 15.7 million for deferred maintenance, 14.1 million for high demand programs, and a 2 for 1 university matching requirement.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
Kansas
Gary Sherrer
Washburn
Community and Technical Colleges
Wichita State
Kansas State
Kip Peterson
Janie Perkins
Garden City
K State ranking based on flawed Newsweek data
Kansas State briefly ranked 16th among large public universities in a Kaplan Newsweek list but the ranking relied on misreported admission data. Corrected figures show the school would fall out of the top 25, as actual admit rate is about 98 percent and the error stemmed from misapplied percentage data.
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Kansas State
Manhattan
Kaplan/Newsweek
Newsweek
K-State
Courtney Kennedy
Kennedy
Kansas
National Center For Education Statistics
Pat Bosco
University of Kansas
Cheryl May
May
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