Double whammy of tax and valuation boosts eyed in city budget
Lawrence faces higher property taxes as city and county budgets push increases, with a 12 percent rise in the city levy to 26.778 mills and a 19 percent jump in the county levy to 28.948 mills. Officials warn of painful cuts while defending library and police funding amid projected budget gaps.
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Mike Wildgen
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Sue Hack
Charles Jones
Randy Weseman
Wildgen
Mike Rundle
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Legal Services Department
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence Police Department
Craig Weinaug
Weinang
Commission
Bob Johnson
Weseman
Scott Morgan
Karl Gehring
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Lawrence weighs rail service with regional study
A July 13 public meeting in Lawrence at Union Pacific Depot will seek input from residents on a proposed three daily train service linking Lawrence with Topeka and Kansas City MO. A regional cooperative would fund part of the project while federal funds or rail operators handle operations.
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Burlington Northern
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After Elian, exile talk focuses on Castro health
Cuba's Fidel Castro fainted during a speech raising speculation in Florida's Cuban exile community about weeks or months to live. Exile leaders urge focus on Cuba's oppression of its people and push to end the embargo while some weigh travel and engagement debates.
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Wwfe-Am
Elian
Supreme Court
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Democracy Movement
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Lazaro Gonzalez
Janet Reno
Miami Beach
Reno
U.S
Sally Grooms Cowal
Washington
Cowal
Cuba Policy Foundation
Trinidad and Tobago
Congress
Joe Garcia
Cuban American National Foundation
Iowa
Havana
Garcia
Cotorro
Elian Gonzalez fears TV cameras says father
Juan Miguel Gonzalez told NBC Elian has adjusted well since his return to Cuba and shows no ill effects from the June 2000 pull from Miami. The father notes the boy’s only fear is television cameras and says Elian does not miss his Miami relatives who sought custody after his mother’s drowning.
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Elian Gonzalez
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Miami
U.S
NBC
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Elian
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Florida
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