Kansas Senate to vote on top school finance bill today
The Kansas Senate is expected to vote on the conference committee modified school finance bill. It would provide about 89.3 million dollars in new aid, including 66.9 million from the state general fund, 11.6 million from a two mill property tax levy, and 2.5 million from the intangibles tax and fines. The plan aims to equalize funding and provide more statewide aid with a power equalizing formula.
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Hearings Set On Card Charge Trio In Rigged Game
Three Houston men Louis Carhles 32 Searcy Ray Smith 36 and James Jimerson 41 face grand theft and commercial gambling charges after a Lawrence arrest for a rigged game. Preliminary hearings scheduled April 27 meanwhile the trio had allegedly swindled a Lawrence man of 50 000 and were linked to six prior schemes in two years with investigators from Kansas cities and beyond. Publicity and a game named three year Monty sparked the arrests as police watched banks for large withdrawals following a notice from a man who declined to play.
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Pioneer II Speeds On To Jupiter
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP America's Pioneer 11 space craft sped on a near perfect course for Jupiter with a possible later look at Saturn The 570 pound 48 million probe launched from Cape Kennedy on a 620 million mile voyage as Pioneer 10 began its 13 month climb toward Jupiter Officials said a brief motor firing would place Pioneer 11 on course after launch while one nuclear generator boom failed to deploy fully but would not affect the mission Pioneer 10 is to approach Jupiter within 87 000 miles next December and then probe deeper into space to escape the solar system depending on data from the Jovian radiation belt
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Man Held On Murder Charge In Kansas City
James Frederick Ausman a 30 year old Kansas City man is held on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of 23 year old Kristine Marie Hagan Bruce. Calvin K Bruce found the body in a Kansas City apartment Monday after which Ausman was arrested Wednesday night near Garnett Kansas. He allegedly surrendered and was moved to the Jackson County jail on Thursday.
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Legislature Nears End After Key Compromises
Kansas lawmakers push toward adjournment as Gov. Docking and GOP leaders reach deals on school finance and tax relief. The plan includes $110 million in statewide property tax relief, $161.1 million in new programs, and funding from revenues, federal sharing, and a corporate disallowance measure. Final packages boost school aid by $67 million to $172 million, and return 8.3 to 11 million in tax revenues to districts with a statewide two mill levy replacing the 10-mill county levy.
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