Brownback backs tax-cut plan amid budget shortfall risk
Gov Sam Brownback defends a broad tax cut as the Kansas budget forecast turns negative. Lawmakers fear a July 2014 shortfall rising toward 2.5 to 3 billion by 2018, forcing potential cuts to schools, social services and public safety. Dynamic scoring model to be released by budget director.
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Lawrence to draft 2013 budget after small surplus report
Lawrence city commissioners begin work on the 2013 budget after a recent audit shows the city spent just under $10,000 more than it earned last year, as expenses climbed faster than revenue.
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Sebelius to launch national push against Alzheimer's disease
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will formally unveil a nationwide initiative to fight Alzheimer's at a researchers meeting, marking a historic effort to advance mind health. The announcement comes as researchers gather to discuss new approaches and potential funding.
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Kathleen Sebelius
City Commission to discuss northwest Lawrence recreation center
A City Commission meeting tonight will cover plans for a new recreation center in northwest Lawrence. Officials and residents are set to discuss location funding and potential programs for the facility planned for the area.
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Lawrence
Kansas River Listed Among Nations Most Endangered Waters
American Rivers cites the Kansas River for proposed dredging that would raise sand and gravel extraction by about 45 percent to 3.2 million tons annually. The effort seeks access to three previously closed river sections amid concerns of degradation and broader environmental risk. Local groups warn the move could jeopardize water quality and public health in the region.
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Basehor man accused of hiring to kill his wife
Lee D. Smith, a 37-year-old Basehor man with Douglas County ties, is in federal custody after allegedly paying 1,800 dollars to a confidential informant to murder his wife. The affidavit says Smith arranged the plot in Kansas City Missouri and staged a kidnapping scene near his wife's workplace in Overland Park.
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Missouri lawmakers rally against KU license plate
Missouri state senators Kurt A. Schaefer and Bill Stouffer moved to block a KU Alumni Association plan for a Kansas Jayhawk license plate in Missouri. Stouffer warned the proposal could fail in transportation oversight, saying Missouri must not sell its soul and stating his aim to save the state from a mythical bird invasion.
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Missouri House
Rush Limbaugh
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