Rural growth program draws interest in Kansas counties
TOPERA AP Interest is rising in a Kansas program to attract residents to rural counties with five year income tax credits and student loan repayment. About 73 of 105 counties participate, Norton County leads loans with 46 applications and 33 approved. Phillips County follows. Applications come from 39 states. 83 residents used the credit in 2012 averaging incomes 30k to 50k. Population gains are reported but not yet quantified.
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Kansas
Grant
Gray
Sam Brownback
Chris Harris
Kansas Department of Commerce
Norton County
Phillips County
Harris
Jeannine Koranda
Kansas Department of Revenue
Gehry design approved for Eisenhower Memorial plan
The U S Commission of Fine Arts voted 3 1 to approve the general concept and layout of Frank Gehry s memorial design for Dwight D Eisenhower in Washington D C The panel urged removing two small side tapestries to strengthen the park backdrop and debated the project s midwestern humility versus grand scale as critics and Eisenhower family members voiced concerns.
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Frank Gehry
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
Gehry
Eisenhower
Ike
Kansas
Alex Krieger
Harvard
Commission
Elizabeth Plat
er-Zyberk
Krieger
Plater-Zyberk
University of Miami
School of Architecture
U.S. Department of Education
Federal Aviation Administration
National Air and Space Museum
Arts Commission
The
Normandy
National Civic Art Society
Congress
House
Congressional Budget Office
Gehry Partners LLP
Senate panel backs 404 million for Kan sas bio lab
The Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed 404 million for the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility at Kansas State University for FY 2014, sending the measure to the full Senate. Kansas Republicans Roberts and Moran announced the development as the project seeks to replace Plum Island facility. The state agrees to provide 305 million in bonds and 35 million from the Kansas Bioscience Authority, with the House already approving the same federal funding.
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U.S. Senate
Kansas State University
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Department of Homeland Security
Kansas
Pat Roberts
Jerry Moran
Plum Island
N.Y
Kansas House insurance chief runs for insurance commissioner
Rep. Clark Shultz of McPherson, longtime chair of the Kansas House Insurance Committee, launched a campaign for insurance commissioner as the fourth Republican candidate. He aims to attract insurers to Kansas and keep regulations current to create jobs, noting his years in the Legislature and leadership roles.
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Clark Shultz
McPherson
Kansas
Shultz
Wichita
GOP
Clay Barker
Beverly Gossage
Eudora
David Powell
el Dorado
Ken Selzer
Leawood Certified Public Accountant
Powell
Praeger
Barack Obama
Congress
Kathleen Sebelius
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