Kansas approves landmark tax package amid budget tensions
The Kansas Legislature passed a tentative tax package by narrow margins, 63 to 0 in the House and 21 to 0 in the Senate, avoiding deeper higher education cuts. Gov Brownback plans a news conference Tuesday to discuss the $50 million in required cuts. Critics call the plan a Band-Aid, warning ending balances may be overstated and urging caution about revenue expectations. The package shifts toward consumption taxes while exempting many low income filers and imposes a property tax lid starting 2018, with food tax relief dropped for now. The session hit a new 113 day record, underscoring fiscal strain as lawmakers weigh impacts on households and businesses.
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Senate
Brownback
Jeff Longbine
R-Emporia
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Ralph Ostmeyer
R-Grinnell
Steve Fitzgerald
R-Leavenworth
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Ty Masterson
Randover
Kansas
Tax plan memo outlines broad revenue and tax changes
A legislative outline details tax provisions including a 6.5 percent sales tax starting July 1, a tax amnesty window from Sept 1 to Oct 15, limits on itemized deductions, higher cigarette taxes plus e cigarette levies, delays to income tax rate cuts, and new rules affecting private school scholarships, local property tax lids, social security number requirements, and county jail funding. The plan also introduces guaranteed payments tax implications and targeted exemptions for low income households.
Net-zero energy house built by Studio 804 in Lawrence
The three bedroom home at 1301 New York St showcases 16 inch thick walls triple pane windows bamboo floors cedar siding and energy rated appliances. A 4 kilowatt photovoltaic system offsets most energy use while a bioswale native yard filters storm water. The house aims for Passive House LEED and Living Building Challenge certifications and hosts a public open house today though it is already spoken for with a buyer expected to move in soon.
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New York St
School of Architecture
Studio 804
Dan Rockhill
Rockhill
Passive House Institute
U.S
U.S. Green Building Council
International Living Future Institute
Ex-convent to host homeless families in Wichita
The Sisters of St Joseph will turn a 100-year-old convent in Wichita over to Catholic Charities to operate as a transitional shelter named the Mount for homeless families. Opening in phases from 2015 to 2018, it will offer 14 beds initially, with 150 total beds after final expansion, plus meals, kitchens, 24/7 staffing, classes, and a 90 day stay limit per family.
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Wichita
Sisters of St. Joseph
Catholic Charities
Wichita Eagle
Margaret Nugent
the Mount
Michael Burrus
Burrus
Lawrence Journal-World Contact and Editorial Staff List
Page lists contact numbers and roles for editors and staff at the Lawrence Journal World including Tom Keegan sports editor Ann Gardner editorial page editor Kathleen Johnson advertising manager and production director. It provides general customer service and subscription lines and the postmaster address in Lawrence Kansas.
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Ann Gardner
Agardner
Ljworld
Kathleen Johnson
Kjohnson
Jworld.com
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Les Donovan
Peter Hancock
Phancock
Douglas County
Sara Shepherd
Ijworld
Pearson
Journal-World
Sworld.com
New Hampshire St
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Ljworld.com
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence Journal-World
P.O
Kan
Alliance For Audited Media
Associated Press
Kansas Universit Lawrence
Edita
SOCI
Kansas Wheat
USA Today
Criticare
Home Health Services, Inc
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