City eyes pay reform with master police officer rank
The city plans a market based pay study to set new officer and detective wages. The proposal creates a master police officer rank, delays top pay until promotion, and ties raises to new pay levels with a range up to 77,400 dollars. Critics fear recruitment losses and longer paths to top pay. The next bargaining session is today at City Hall.
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Drew Fennelly
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Tom Markus
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Kansas Supreme Court Upholds School Funding Ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court issued its sixth ruling in the Gannon v. Kansas school finance case, backing the funding plan lawmakers approved. Ryckman criticized the decision as undermining legislative funding power and urged a constitutional amendment to restore public control over tax dollars for students.
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Kansas
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Kansas Senate
Kansas Supreme Court
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Kobach
Gannon
Senate
Susan Wagle
Richita
Kansas Supreme Court school funding sparks GOP amendment push
Kansas lawmakers clash with the Supreme Court over a 2018 phase in of a 522 million larger annual K 12 education appropriation. The court urged inflation adjustments. lawmakers must address inflation in 2019. Democratic leader Ward says no Democrat will vote to curtail education rights or the court’s power.
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Kris Kobach
Wagle
Kansas
U.S. House
Nancy Pelosi
California
Kansas Supreme Court
Steve Fitzgerald
R-Leavenworth
2Nd District
Fitzgerald
House
Senate
Jim Ward
Dwichita
Ward
Integrated Animal Health Faces Lawsuit Over Incentives
City and county sue Integrated Animal Health over 2018 incentives repayable up to 115000 dollars with interest. Letters to Edward Sloan and Blake Hawley went unanswered as of June, with the firm expected to create five Lawrence jobs in three years and 50 later promised. The suit seeks repayment of 33333.33 plus costs and further relief as appropriate.
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Bioscience and Technology Business Center
University of Kansas
Journal-World
Kansas
Lawrence
Edward Sloan
Sloan
Blake Hawley
Integrated Animal Health
Lawrence Journal World Contact and Publication Details
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Ogden Newspapers of Kansas LLC
Lawrence Journal-World
P.O
Kan
Alliance For Audited Media
Associated Press
McLouth and Lawrence Couples Welcome Five Newborns
Christine Newman and Ty Bartley of McLouth greet a girl. Bill Frey and Kelley Rosey of Overland Park welcome a boy. Darrell Williams and Shakyla Taylor-Williams of Lawrence have a boy. Miranda Ogden and Chris Maxwell of Lawrence share a boy on Tuesday.
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Christine Newman
Ty Bartley
McLouth
Bill Frey
Kelley Rosey
Overland Park
Darrell Williams
Shakyla Taylor-Williams
Lawrence
Miranda Ogden
Chris Maxwell
Corrections: Shannon Kimball To Be President Elect
The Tuesday Journal-World corrects that Shannon Kimball will become president elect of the Kansas Association of School Boards on July 1, not incoming president.
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Journal-World
Shannon Kimball
Kansas Association of School Boards
Panorama marks 125 years at KU Natural History Museum
KU celebrates the 125th anniversary of its panorama at the Natural History Museum on Jayhawk Blvd with a new exhibit and a series of events. The display, famed since 1893, showcased a panoramic, lifelike ecosystem and helped spur preservation efforts as part of Dyche Hall renovations.
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Natural History Museum
Jayhawk Blvd
Dyche
Leonard Krishtalka
Ku’s
Biodiversity Institute
America
Krishtalka
Chicago
Field Museum
Kansas
Dyche Hall
KU Natural History Museum
KU Biodiversity Institute
France
Elizabeth Schultz
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