Kansas highway funding faces election year roadblock
Topeka, AP In a blow to highway finance, Rep Rex Crowell warned tax increases Likely impossible in 1982 as an election year looms. Gov Cari n’s severance tax proposal faces Senate resistance while Kemp outlines limited funding unless an $85 million transfer from the general fund is approved to bolster the Highway Fund with federal matches.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Highway Finance
Rex Crowell
R Longton
John Carlin
House
Senate
Crowell
Transportation Committee
John Cariin
Carlin
Kemp
State General Fund
State
GM delays land purchase for Wyandotte plant amid auto slump
General Motors holds indefinite land option in Wyandotte County Kansas City area, delaying a $500 million assembly plant as high interest rates and weak demand curb new car sales. Mayor Reardon questions build viability while GM notes no timetable yet, and a Suzuki collaboration is separate from the U S plant plan.
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General Motors
Wyandotte County
Kan
Jim Hughes
Kansas City
Hughes
Jack Reardon
Reardon
Suzuki
Japan
United States
Utility Hikes Not Retroactive
In Topeka Kansas AP, Attorney General Robert Stephan ruled that a city ordinance raising electric rates for a municipal utility cannot be applied retroactively. The opinion, requested by Marion’s city attorney, cites constitutional protections against laws impairing contracts. The ruling follows several court decisions deeming such retroactive billing illegal.
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Stephan
Marion
Stephan
Edwin M. Wheeler Jr
Attorney General
Colonial Trust Co
Abilene
Great Bend
State Banking Board
Kearny County
Merrill L. McCue
Lawyers Unite In Hyatt Suits
A 10 member attorney committee will coordinate evidence gathering for lawsuits from the Hyatt Regency walkways collapse in Kansas City. The July 17 disaster killed 111 and injured 188. 62 suits seek over 1.6 billion with more expected. The group aims to organize pretrial discovery and reduce costs and duplication.
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Hyatt Regency Hotel
Kansas City
Norman O. Sanders
Chicago
Mgm Grand Hotel
Las Vegas
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