Kansas tax amnesty aims for 30 million amid revenue shortfalls
Editorial warns the $30 million goal in the Kansas tax amnesty could be optimistic given a $274.8 million eligible debt and a five year gap since the last amnesty. It urges compliance by Oct. 15, notes covered taxes, and cites a state revenue shortfall as motive for hopeful success.
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Kansas Department of Revenue
Department of Revenue
Wichita
Kansas
Help Yazidi women seize a second chance
Trudy Rubin urges public outrage and political action over ISIS enslavement of Yazidi women. She calls for donations to Yazda and petitions to pressure Obama, Congress, and media to rescue captives, fund counseling, and aid camps in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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U.S
Yazda
Boko Haram
Angelina Jolie
Change.org
Obama
Yazda.org
Coventry
England
White House
Congress
Abid Shamden
Yaz
Nebraska
Iraqi Kurdistan
Matthew Barber
University of Chicago
Middle East
Barber
Samaritan’s
Unicef
Supportunicef.org
Iraq
International Rescue Committee
Rescue.org
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Lawrence youths nabbed for patch raiding in 1915 incident
Four Lawrence youths were arrested by county officers near Lake View on complaint of melon patch owners. Officers pursued the suspects and brought them into town after the owners failed to catch them. The item is part of Old Home Town compiled from Lawrence Daily Journal-World, Sept. 8, 1915.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence
Lake View
Schools must adapt to new demands by Perez and Duncan
U S labor secretary Thomas E. Perez and U S education secretary Arne Duncan urge revamping K-12 to teach job ready skills for the 21st century economy. They highlight partnerships among industry community colleges and K-12, citing PTECH and Youth Career Connect grants as models and noting moves toward free community college and expanded career pathways.
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Tom Friedman
Brooklyn
Pathways In Technology Early College High School
PTECH
IBM
City University of New York
New York City
Department of Education
Toledo
Ohio
Obama
United States
Thomas E. Perez
U.S
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