Brownback pushes bold tax overhaul as public voices fear
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback urged bold tax changes during a George W Bush Institute panel in New York. He backs phasing out the state income tax and tax cuts for about 200000 businesses, while keeping the sales tax and trimming deductions. Lawmakers face competing plans and a possible compromise later this month.
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Ag secretary touts Obama's all of the above approach
U S agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack outlines Obama energy strategy citing a $5 million federal grant to Western Plains Energy in Oakley for a bio gas anaerobic digester using feedlot waste to produce heat for ethanol. The project aims to create 15 permanent and about 100 construction jobs as part of domestic energy expansion amid Keystone XL debates.
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