Tax system overhaul ran over budget in Kansas
Kansas officials faced cost overruns and missed approvals as the revenue department pursued a sales tax software project to enact a 2003 change. Bids exceeded expectations, leading to a Watch Systems contract at 1.16 million after initial estimates of 28 thousand to 260 thousand, with legislators weighing stricter IT project approvals.
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Revenue Department
Kansas Department of Revenue
Denise Moore
Sebelius Administration
Tom Burroughs
Kansas City
Legislative Post Audit Committee
Review finds deficiencies at Fire Marshal's Office
A legislative audit finds significant problems in the Kansas Fire Marshal's Office including top heavy management, weak follow up, and poor record keeping. Odle defends performance citing 57 percent rise in inspections. critics say many schools and health care facilities were not inspected and local officials delayed reports.
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Legislative Division of Post Audit
Kansas Fire Marshal
Senate
Dave Kerr
R Hutchinson
Legislative Post Audit Committee
Odle
Kathleen Sebelius
Lawrence
Rich Barr
State
Barr
State Office
Team mourns player's death and funeral plans
The Phenix girls softball team mourns Krystal Bateson a eighth grader at Baldwin Junior High who died recently Friends recall her bright smile and hard work Bateson batted about .400 played first base and was cleanup in the lineup Teammates plan to attend her funeral in uniform and have a memorial fund setup at Baldwin State Bank to aid the Bateson family
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Baldwin
Cassie Potter
Rusk
Bateson
Krystal
Callie Craig
Phenix
Krystal Lynne Bateson
Baldwin State Bank
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