Kansas film tax breaks eyed to lure productions
Willmott and Gordon back Kansas incentives to draw films like Capote and Infamous, noting Canada blocked shoots due to its incentives. They cite Boulder as a model location with no sales tax on film services and praise Nortonville cooperation during filming. Bills 2439 2440 2441 seek modest incentives and crew training to grow industry.
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City Hall Agenda Meeting 6 35 P M
City Hall conducts a 6 35 p m meeting Tuesday at Sixth and Massachusetts streets. Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 will air the session and meeting documents are available online at lawrenceks.org.
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Sunflower
Lawrenceks.org
City to weigh rezoning and development plan on two sites
City commissioners consider rezoning vacant land at 523 Rockledge Road to allow about double the current density. They also review a revised preliminary development plan for Aberdeen on Sixth Street, a 9.5 acre apartment and duplex project at West Sixth Street and Stoneridge Drive.
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Planning commission vote on Rockledge rezoning denied amid neighbor concerns
In December the Erne Planning commissioners rejected the Rockledge Drive rezoning 5-2 after hearing neighbors. In January they approved the Aberdeen request 8-0 as neighbors largely supported changes by developers to the plans.
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Aberdeen
City Commission agenda items include contracts and zoning actions
The meeting covers certificate plaques for safety and environmental compliance, consent items, license and appointment approvals, bids totaling up to 75 thousand dollars, and several ordinances and resolutions. It also lists zoning changes, TMobile special use permits, a drop off lane project, property tax abatement requests, and an executive session for personnel matters.
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Public Incentive Review Committee
Crop dusters seek role in fighting wildfires
Kansas rural fire crews explore use of crop dusters in wildfire response. John Dowd and the Kansas Agricultural Aviation Association formed WASP to train pilots and coordinate 34 avian workers across 105 counties. With 500-gallon planes, fires could be doused quickly while ground crews mop up.
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Baker
Lawrence School Board Meeting Agenda Highlights
The Lawrence school board meets at 7 p.m. today at 110 McDonald Drive Sunflower Broadband Channel 26. Meeting documents are online at usd497.org. Summer building projects are scaled back as the board hears reports on reduced capital improvement plans.
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Lawrence Board Expands Capital Plan With Performance Contracts
Lawrence superintendent Randy Weseman describes a five year capital program totaling about 10 million dollars with 7 million funded through performance contracts at 4.45 percent over 19 years. Legal issues remain on these contracts while a reduced list of roughly 1 million dollars in projects is prepared to start this summer.
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Free State Debates State Champions to Be Introduced
Special recognition will honor Joe Snyder Free State High School principal as he introduces the Free State Class 6A Four Speaker Debate State Champions. Board approves minutes treasurer reports and monthly vouchers plus several construction change orders and minor policy changes while hearing enrollment ESL and Indian student services reports. A closed session will discuss district security issues.
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Free State
Rob Schwarz
RSP & Associates
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Hillcrest
Cordley
Prairie Park
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