Minority report questions tax shift in Kansas school funding
Editorial notes four lawmakers oppose fully endorsing Moran SB 41. They back a 35 mill property tax cut for education but avoid backing higher income and sales taxes to offset the cut. Authors warn this split stance risks inadequate education funding and unclear fiscal consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity Task Force
Kansas
Phil Martin
Bruce Larkin
Dennis Jones
Matt Ida
Jerry Moran
Senate
Moran
Beatle nostalgic reflections on fondue and fashion
A personal reminiscence juxtaposes the 1960s Beatles moment with today’s trends. The narrator recalls Ed Sullivan’s 1964 debut, fondue nostalgia, and family memories while noting modern shifts in fashion and music amid a buzzing home soundtrack. The piece ends with doubt that fondue or the Beatle craze will return.
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John
Paul
George
Ringo
Newsweek
Fondue
Hull House
Jondue
Bob
Public Feeling Tested In Tax Study Group Final Meeting
At the final governor's tax study group meeting last month, State Sen. Phil Martin urged considering public sentiment alongside formulas for financing government. The panel largely refused to alter the property tax emphasis, despite his doubts about experts. An environmental report from the Environmental Defense Fund placed Kansas oil refineries second nationally in poisonous emissions, prompting further debate about the state's environmental health.
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Governor's
Phil Martin
Pittsburg
Environmental Defense Fund
Kansas
West Virginia
Environmental Protection Agency
Council On State Governments
Shawnee
Johnson
Douglas
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Ottawa
Mitchell
Reno
Lincoln
Dickinson
Kansas Corporation Commission
Institute of Southern Studies
Missouri
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
EPA
Wichita
Bill Graves
RMH Staff Helps Kathy With Wrist Recovery At Memorial
Kathy thanks Ransom Memorial Hospital staff for six months of occupational therapy after a severe wrist fracture from a fall at Christmas. She credits receptionists X ray outpatient personnel and therapy team for a near complete recovery and a more normal holiday season.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH
Kathy
Contact details for U S government representatives
A list of contact addresses and phone numbers for President Bill Clinton U S Sen Bob Dole U S Rep Sam Brownback Gov Bill Graves and Attorney General Carla Stovall including White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500 emails and web links where available for public comment and state inquiries.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Fox
Sam Brownback
Longworth House
Washington
D.C
Kansas Ave
Topeka
Brownbak
House
Brownback
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Court contest over minority districts shapes future Congress
The Supreme Court weighs cases on minoritymajority districts in Texas and North Carolina that could alter black and Hispanic representation in Congress. NAACP and ACLU officials warn the court risks discarding history and political reality as it considers race in districting.
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Ashington Wienens
Supreme Court
Congress
Theodore Shaw
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
Laughlin McDonald
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Georgia
Texas
North Carolina
Shaw
Louisiana
George White
Barbara Jordan
Richard Carelli
Associated Press
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