Missouri papers told to start collecting sales tax Feb 1
Missouri revenue director Duane Benton informed about 60 Missouri Press Assn members that newspapers must begin collecting sales tax by Feb 1 despite a court ruling. Executives debated protesting the tax while pursuing possible legal action and a bill to exempt newspapers.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
State Revenue
Duane Benton
Missouri Press Assn
CPA
Association
Benton
Pat Danner
D-Smithville
Nick Penniman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Department of Revenue
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Penniman
Missouri
Bill Miller
Washington Missourian
Jules Molenda
The
Sedalia Democrat
Outgoing U.S. attorney urges broad drug fight in Kansas
In Topeka the departing U.S. attorney urged a strategic plan involving federal, state and local officials to curb illicit drugs. Ben Burgess, resigning after 20 years, stressed community by community action, education, interdiction, and zero tolerance while opposing legalization. Koch Industries staff joining Burgess.
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Topeka
U.S
Kansas
Ben Burgess
Burgess
Koch Industries Inc
Lee Thompson
Wichita
Bob Dole
Nancy Kassebaum
Thompson
Washburn University
Criminal Justice Department
Panama
Manuel Noriega
United States
Few flu cases reported in Kansas as season begins
State health officials note only four laboratory confirmed influenza cases since December amid broader flu-like illnesses. Health experts caution many illnesses labeled influenza lack lab confirmation, with cases spread across counties including Johnson and Sedgwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Greg Crawford
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Topeka
Crawford
Johnson County
Sedgwick County
Fred Tosh
Wichita-Sedgwick County
Tosh
Stephen Ostroff
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
KC wins round in station battle
Kansas City court orders developers who pledged to restore Union Station to answer two fraud allegations. City claims the firms deceived officials about rehabilitating the depot while taking tax breaks. Judge Hanna allowed the city to challenge all six counts in the 1988 suit against Pershing Square Redevelopment Corp. and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Union Station
Jackson County
Forest W. Hanna
David F. Oliver
Paul Vardeman
Pershing Square Redevelopment Corp
Trizec Corp. Ltd
Trizec Programs Inc
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
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Missouri Revenue Director
U.S. Coast Guard
Richard Cashdollar
Italy
Cashdollar
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Miami
White Sale
Great Savings
Wamsutta
Fieldcrest
Associated Press
Nebraska
Newton City
Newton
Philip A. Kloster
Wayne
Neb
Kloster
Jay Newton
Forest City
Iowa
Massachusetts
Fallani and Cohn
New England
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