Taxmen grid for 11th hour
Washington uses Form 4868 to gain an Aug 15 extension as about 34 million returns are filed after April 7. Patriots Day in Massachusetts creates a Tuesday deadline for Andover center mail. Tax Foundation cites rising burden with 125 days work to cover taxes and refunds averaging over $850, urging filers to still file even if funds are unavailable.
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Postal Service
New England
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Omnibus budget work starts in Topeka
Kansas Senate and House committees opened work on the omnibus appropriations bill, the final funding measure before the wrap up on April 25. They reviewed a 30 page memo from the Legislative Research Department while tensions over the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services funding persisted. A new director of racing operations was removed from consideration for the omnibus, and debates over corrections community programs threatened to stall progress.
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Topeka
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Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Gus Bogina
R Shawnee
House
Legislative Research Department
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Begina
SRS
Mike Hayden
Bogina
Kansas Racing Commission
Department of Corrections
Hayden
Paul Feleciano
Dwichita
School bond ballot delivery plan faces mail issues
Franklin County Clerk Laura Sutton announced mail ballots for the Ottawa school election will be returned undelivered when no residential street delivery exists. Voters with mail at work or a box can request replacements at the county clerk’s office by filling a form, as ballots must be received at the clerk’s office by noon May 1 for the 3,389 million bond issue.
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Franklin County
Laura Sutton
Ottawa
Sutton
Chyne
Ottawa High faces bond vote on six‑mill levy for new facilities
Ottawa High officials push a six mill bond to fund expansion amid crowded classrooms and rising enrollments. Critics fear tax impact and project size while supporters warn delays raise costs. officials project enrollment to 660 by 1991 and 800 by 1997, with growth already evident.
Students urge high school expansion over crowded facilities
Students at OHS describe cramped halls and crowded classrooms affecting gym, basement rooms, and schedules. Freshman Ellie Bagby, sophomore Mark Dickey, and seniors Maggie Bornholdt Chelan David and Jennifer Hagelin support the bond citing need for more classrooms and a better gym. A minority of juniors and seniors oppose, while some worry about timing. Continued on Page 10.
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Ellie Bagby
Bagby
DHS
Mark Dickey
Maggie Borholdt
Bornholdt
Chelan David
David
Jennifer Hagelin
Hogelin
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