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Kansas lawmakers weigh severance tax amid budget crunch
In Topeka and Washington, lawmakers debate a 2 percent oil and gas severance tax to fund schools, highways, and higher education. House and Senate leaders seek compromise while federal cuts and slow economy press state finances. Williams expulsion debate delayed as Inouye seeks time. politics, revenue plans shape 1982 session.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wendell Lady
Roverland Park
Paul Hess
Richita
House
Fred Weaver
Baxter Springs
Senate Education
Joseph Harder
R Moundridge
Don Crumbaker
Brewster
Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Westside
Senate
Ross Doyen
R Concordia
Jack Steineger
Ckansas City
John Carlin
Lady
Hayden
Washington
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Abscam
Howard Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Williams
Inouye
Baker
Robert Byrd