Budget plan hinges on growth with no tax hike
Budget Sullivan says funding can come without taxes due to national growth and a previously approved 600 million dollar income tax increase. He notes sales and corporate tax growth, while lawmakers face uncertain funding for the plan. Rep Ballard warns that existing resources may be insufficient given a large previous deficit.
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State General Fund
Barbara Ballard
D-Lawrence
House Appropriations Committee
Governors budget sparks debate in Kansas Legislature
Budget Director Shawn Sullivan faced questions about cuts as lawmakers and officials weighed a plan to boost overall spending by 34.5 million this year and 290.3 million the next. Critics fear entrenched expansion and missed tax relief while Regents and KU face multi million reductions and stalled pay for judges and staff.
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Shawn Sullivan
Brownback defends plan to raise school funding over five years
Gov. Sam Brownback defends a budget proposal to phase in a 600 million dollar annual school funding increase over five years while keeping cuts to universities and the highway program. He says complying with the Kansas Supreme Court is not optional and warns against shutting schools due to inaction. The court gave a deadline for briefs and warned against operating unconstitutional funding beyond June 30.
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Suspects named in mass shooting case at 11th and Massachusetts
Witnesses include a man allegedly threatened with a gun and Leah Brown, fatally shot after leaving a Massachusetts Street bar. Police, coroner and physicians from Kansas City area and Lawrence Memorial Hospital are listed. Oct 1 1:40 am, the gathering at the intersection followed a bar closing. Brown 22 of Shawnee Henderson 20 of Topeka Rayton 24 of Topeka died. Two others shot survived. Three Topeka men charged include Roberts 20 with first degree murder and related counts, Rayton Ahmad 22 charged with attempted second degree murder and firearm felon in possession, McMillen 19 charged with aggravated assault and battery. Bonds set at 1 million, attorneys named.
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Kansas City
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Lawrence
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Journal-World
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Topeka
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Dean Rayton
Roberts
Henderson
Tahzay Rayton
Jennifer Chaffee
Ahmad Rayton
Royelle Hunt
Rayton
Michael Clarke
McMillen
Robert Wheeler
Wheeler
J.C. Gilroy
County weighs bonds and grants for behavioral health campus
County officials discussed a 11 million dollars plan to build a 20 000 square foot crisis center and a transitional group home with a total project cost around 11 million and 2 million for an apartment complex while seeking 9 7 million annually from a half cent sales tax to fund the initiatives and jail expansion.
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County Commission
Behavioral Health
Sarah Plinsky
Bert Nash
Patrick Schmitz
Headquarters Inc
Plinsky
Public Building Commission
Nancy Thellman
Lawrence couples welcomed two children this Wednesday
Patrisha Dixon and Kelly Wood of Lawrence welcomed a boy and Katrina Spain of Tonganoxie welcomed a girl on Wednesday. Audrey McTaggart and Skyler Asher of Lawrence welcomed a girl on Wednesday.
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Kelly Wood
Lawrence
Katrina Spain
Tonganoxie
Audrey McTaggart
Skyler Asher
Journal-World urges corrections for significant errors
The Journal-World states its policy to correct all significant errors brought to editors, inviting readers to contact by phone at 785-832-7154 or email at news ljworld dot com to report corrections.
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Journal-World
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