Kansas House weighs 6.5 percent sales tax hike
Lawmakers open budget fix talks amid a projected $800 million shortfall. A 6.5 percent sales tax is proposed, expected to raise about $164 million yearly though far short of balancing the gap. The House rejected an annexation bill and delayed action on legalizing fantasy sports.
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Toppera
Kansas
House
House Taxation Committee
Tom Sawyer
Wichita
Taxation Committee
Marvin Kleeb
Overland Park
Ray Merrick
Sam Brownback
District honors New York Elementary for teamwork during rebuild
New York Elementary School staff and faculty received the district Teamwork Award after months of construction disruption including leaks, dust, jackhammering and a small fire. Superintendent Rick Doll praised their flexibility and packed, moved and organized efforts while the $5.7 million project neared completion in August as part of a $92.5 million bond program.
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Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Tim Mock
Truity Credit Union
Nancy DeGarmo
New York Elementary
New York Elementary School
Lawrence
Rick Doll
Nancy
DeGarmo
New York
Doll
Cordley
Hillcrest
New principal named to lead Free State High School
Myron Graber, Jefferson City Public Schools administrator, chosen as next principal of Free State High School in Kansas. He has seven years in Missouri and two decades as a Kansas high school principal, with prior roles as teacher coach and athletic director. Current principal Ed West resigns June 30 to lead Shawnee Heights High School.
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Myron Graber
Missouri
Free State High School
Graber
Jefferson City
Kansas
Lawrence
Rick Doll
FSHS
Ed West
Shawnee Heights High School
Topeka
Fairfield High School
Langdon
Baker University
Emporia State University
Free State
Students bike to school on National Day despite storms
Pinckney Elementary and Lawrence schools saw many more students arrive by bicycle for National Bike to School Day despite storms. A bike train formed by parents guided riders to class with Meg Lyles among those present. The Health Department promotes biking and walking to school amid low current bike usage.
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Pinckney
Lawrence
Eighth
Massachusetts
Meg Lyles
Lawrence-Douglas County
Lawrence students bike and walk to school rise noted
Lawrence Douglas County Health Department reports 2.5 percent bike and 1.7 percent walk to school with over 60 percent of near home students seeking to walk or bike while safety concerns at intersections loom. Officials cite health and academics as benefits and note recent increases in bikes at Pinckney Langston Hughes and Sunflower Elementary.
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Viore
Lawrence
Health Department
Ward Lyles
Meg
Pinckney
Langston Hughes Elementary
Sunflower Elementary
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Ljworld.com
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Alberding
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Business Hall OF Fame
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