Western Resources windfall could fund one time state projects
Governor Graves and lawmakers examine a 67 million one time windfall from Western Resources Inc. as a prudent chance to fund interim priorities. Parks upgrades and highway projects top the list while ongoing tax cuts face resistance in an election year.
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Lawrence
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Christmas misery and politics collide in holiday angst
A satirical holiday rant laments Christmas misery from relationship woes to consumer excess and warns the Kansas Legislature starts in three weeks, ending with a paradoxical Merry Christmas and a plea to keep it quiet.
No More Christmas Gifts Says Humble Columnist
A columnist vows not to buy or accept Christmas presents, decrying commercialism and citing Buy Nothing Day advocate Kalie Lasa. He recalls family traditions and questions true happiness beyond material wealth, planning a Christmas Eve with family and carols instead.
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Kalie Lasa
Ralph Nader
Donald Trump
Lasa
India
CBS
United States
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Norman Mailer
Christmas gifts and the spirit of the season
A reader laments how gift exchanges dilute Christmas spirit while noting personal wish for a portable short wave radio. Wife adds humor about shoes, and the column invites reader responses to Don Kaul via Tribune Media Services and Ottawa Herald contact details for letter submissions.
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Mexico
Japan
Don Kaul
Otcoffee
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Chicago
Two for One plan urges tech funding for Kansas universities
Kansas students propose adding one dollar per credit hour with the Legislature matching two dollars. The plan aims to raise about 5.7 million for upgrades at state universities as Regents seek a continuous tech budget beyond a 12 million one time grant for FY 1999.
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International Corporation
Regents
University of Kansas
KU Lawrence
Board of Regents
Farmers and government celebrated a record year in Kansas
The piece argues farmers and Kansas state government had a record year. It praises Sen Tim Huelskamp for not demanding tax money be returned and urges funding for education road and bridge improvements park upgrades and vocational training. It criticizes calls to "give money back" as politically self serving.
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Tim Huelskamp
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