Turnaround week looms as Kansas debates $1B tax bill
Lawmakers rush into turnaround week as Gov. Brownback weighs the $1 billion tax bill. With 10 days to decide, a veto or law without signature remains possible. The plan faces House and Senate hurdles, plus looming school finance cuts and a Supreme Court ruling.
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Search underway for 17-year-old who vanished on lake
Douglas County Sheriffs Office and dive team continued searching the north side of Douglas County State Fishing Lake near Baldwin City for a 17-year-old boy who disappeared after a boat capsized around 10 p.m. Saturday. One of the two teens surfaced. the other is missing. The reporting boy is safe at home. Search plans paused after 6 p.m. with updates unlikely until morning.
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Kansas game wardens credit Facebook page for help
Kansas game wardens, led by Dan Melson, credit a Facebook page with more than 42 000 followers for assisting outreach, media relations, and recruitment. The page, started in 2014, helps showcase remote work and under staffed enforcement while aiding statewide stories and attracting applicants for six vacant field officer positions.
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