Legislature Should Not Meddle In Local Property Taxes
Editorial argues Gov Hayden overreaches with a blanket 20 percent property tax cut across localities. It notes the state relies minimally on local levies and questions the sales tax funding plan. Local governments and voters best know service needs and affordability. fix statewide reappraisal and classification instead of imposing blanket caps.
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Kansas
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Coffeyville
Lenexa
Downtown redevelopment stalled as mall meet canceled in Lawrence
East Lawrence Improvement Association pressed ahead with a pro regional mall study while Action 80 canceled a meeting with the proposed developer due to a member’s illness. KU figures tied to talks on a Kansas research park and city staff changes emerged amid demolition plans for the old city hall.
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East Lawrence
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas University
Mike Getto
Eldridge
City Commission
Richard Raney
Reagan and Bush budgets show a party without a motor
The column compares the 40th and 41st presidents focusing on deficits and social security. It notes Bush proclaims no new taxes while using social security surplus, and Moynihan proposes tax cuts funded by reforming social security. It critiques Democrats as an interest group stance and questions highway trust fund spending versus deficit optics.
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Washington
Congress
California
Reagan
Bush
Pat Moynihan
Beijing
Gorbachev
State of the Union
New York
Moynihan
Augustine
Democratic Party
Party of Government
Afl-Cio
McEwen
Water Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure
Senate Public Works and Transportation Committee
Castro Faces Winds of Change in Cuba
The Cuban leadership resists Eastern Bloc reforms while analysts debate Castro's hold on power. Some say Raul Castro could rise, others doubt dynastic plans. Officials deny grooming a successor, promise no liberalization, and foresee younger party members taking roles in the late 1990s amid economic diversification and continued support for leftist movements abroad. Public dissent remains limited, with rare protests and harsh responses to crime and criticism.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Europe
Wayne Smith
U.S
Castro
Soviet Union
Smith
Washington
Fidel
Elliott Abrams
Miami
Raul Castro
Ramon Sanchez Parodi
Sanchez Parodi
United States
Communist Party
Elizardo Sanchez
Sanchez
Carlos Varela
Varela
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Gane Armstrong
Robert Nordyke
Caroline Trowbridg
Ann Gardner
Dolph Simons Jr
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
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