Kansas veto blocks three year extension of high retail credit rate
Gov. Mike Hayden vetoed Senate Bill 415 extending the 21 percent interest ceiling on retail credit purchases for three more years amid a split Franklin County Legislature. The measure, already renewed twice, would keep the rate on tiered loans at 21 percent for initial credits, while exempting national bank cards. Hayden urged broader hearing and deliberation before passage.
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Kansas
Mike Hayden
Senate
Franklin County
Jim Allen
House
Jack Beauchamp
MasterCard
Hayden
Too Close To Home On Kansas Government Size
Harland Priddle, Kansas Secretary of Commerce, cites a Carlin commission study showing Kansas has more government per capita than any other state. Kansas ranks 32nd for taxpayers but fifth for taxing and spending authorities, highlighting excess bureaucratic growth.
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Harland Priddle
Kansas
John Carlin
U.S
Kansas Considers Answers on Low Level Waste Compact
Governor Hayden cites complex questions on remaining in the Central States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. A special meeting of the Compact Commission discussed siting, costs, withdrawal, and legal protections as Kansas weighs its options ahead of the Legislature's reconvening.
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Frankfort
Kansas
Central States
Hayden
Central Interstate Compact Commission
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1986 Update
Ottawa Herald announces new subscription rates effective July 1 1986 for local carrier and motor routes Franklin County and adjacent counties and all other areas by mail. Rates include one month three months six months and one year with different cents and dollars per region and a 5.5 percent out of state sales tax deduction.
Meehan urges Ottawa students to join SADD pledge
Marlborough scholar and SADD national spokesman Bill Meehan told Ottawa Middle School students that love and parents matter in preventing drunk driving. He cited rising youth fatalities and urged students to sign a life contract with parents, committing to refuse rides with intoxicated drivers and to discuss concerns openly.
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Bill Meehan
Ottawa Middle
Meehan
Marlborough
Mass
Ottawa
Deregulation reshapes rural transit and grain routes
At the University of Kansas symposium on deregulation, experts detail rural impacts across railroads airlines and buses. Kansas wheat exporters saw 35 cents per bushel recovery after rail deregulation, while airlines added commuter service and non stop city pair flights. Bus routes declined, yet franchising and integrated travel options offer hope for underserved communities.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Midwest
Institute For Public Policy and Business Research
Prem Pangotra
KU Institute
Kansas
Houston
L. Orlo Sorenson
Kansas State University
Sorenson
Great Plains
Clinton Oster
Indiana University
Transportation Research Center
United States
Chicago
New York
Oster
Greyhound Bus Company
Summer Saga: Reagan Faces Iran Contra Hearings
Reagan politics loom as Iran Contra hearings begin. Democrats split on INF treaty, with Byrd Hollings and Aspin skeptical while Wright and Coelho push for a treaty as a path to peace. GOP unity and a Moscow summit with Gorbachev shape a high stakes political drama.
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Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Reagan
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Atlantic Alliance
Fritz Hollings
Les Aspin
House Armed Services Committee
Moscow
David Brinkley
Europe
Aspin
House
Reykjavik
Kremlin
Jim Wright
Gorbachev
White House
Abc-Washington Post
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Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Jim
Hitch
Dale
Goter
Harris News Service
Tony Coelho
Coelho
Mary McGrory
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