Taxation clash over Kansas House property tax cuts
Lawmakers clash as Rep Phill Kline pushes deep cuts through the House Taxation Committee while Gov Bill Graves offers a moderate alternative. The full House sends both proposals back for study, urging impartial, thorough committee work and a balance between plans.
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Mayne
Phill Kline
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House
Kline
House Taxation Committee
Bill Graves
Graves
Today in history events feature Washington and more
On February 4 marks key milestones: electors chose George Washington in 1789 to be first US president. Britain ceased hostilities with the new nation in 1783. John Marshall became chief justice in 1801. Roosevelt opened the 1932 Winter Games at Lake Placid. Our Town opened on Broadway in 1938. USO formed in 1941.
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United States
Britain
United States of America
John Marshall
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lake Placid
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Broadway
United Service Organizations
Campaign finance reform must start with Buckley reversal
Former U S Senator Bill Bradley argues money corrupts democracy and Buckley v Valeo prevents real reform. He urges reversing the decision via amendment or court reconsideration, backed by 24 state attorneys general, to empower voters and ensure equal access and ideas over money.
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Lincoln
Clinton
Supreme Court
Buckley
U.S
Bill Bradley
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New York City Investment Fund backs compassionate capitalism
Bill Clinton framed taxes on the wealthy, while Henry Kravis launches The New York City Investment Fund with $57 million raised from $1 million pledges. The aim is to fund self sustaining businesses in blighted Brooklyn and other neighborhoods to create jobs without subsidies, transforming lives and prompting others to follow.
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Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Tiffany and Company
Phone Company
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Clinton
Henry R. Kravis
Kravis
New York
Russell Carson
The
New York Times
Carson
David Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Henry Kravis
Cal Thomas
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Periodicals postpaid notice in Lawrence Kansas
The note states periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas and lists membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press as part of the publication’s standard credentials.
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Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Rally to history and a call for Lawrence heritage focus
Jim McCrary urges Lawrence to embrace history as a growth engine highlighting Heritage Tourism and Civil War significance. He compares cities with historic registers to show positive economic outcomes and calls for public dialogue, urging action now.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Mississippi
Jim McCrary
Old Home Town governor residence call 1897
The Lawrence Journal on February 4 1897 editorializes that Kansas should build a governor's residence at the capital. It says it is a disgrace for the governor to board at hotels and spend much of his salary on uncomfortable quarters. The piece urges a permanent home for the governor and his family in Topeka.
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Lawrence Journal
Kansas
Watkins Community Museum
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