Lawmakers discuss education funding deadline and tax plans
Kansas legislators debate the April education spending deadline and a plan to fix school finance. Senators Pat Apple and Bill Feuerborn urge cross party support while warning that House inaction could prompt court takeover, with talk of the clunker tax repeal and nursing staff ratios. Nearby counties see tax shifts as smaller counties gain while Johnson and Shawnee stagnate. Franklin County reps Otto Hammerickhouse and Sen Derek Schmidt were absent.
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Franklin County Farm Bureau Association
Pat Apple
R-Louisburg
Bill Feuerborn
D-Garnett
Senate
House
Feuerborn
Holland
Apple
Johnson
Shawnee
Miami
Franklin
Anderson
Department of Revenue
Bill Otto
LeRoy
Franklin County
Joe Hammerickhouse
Osage City
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Bush budget targets cuts across agencies and programs
The 2006 Bush budget proposal seeks cuts to many programs including agricultural price supports, Amtrak subsidies, and federal health and education efforts while proposing some increases for Pell Grants and job training. Defense and homeland security see growth, with significant trims planned for education and Medicaid alongside federal waterway and energy projects.
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Education Department
Rice invites Abbas to push peace amid Gaza aid plan
U S Secretary Rice urged Abbas to seize property disputes and urged Israel to meet obligations as a route to a two state peace. She announced 40 million dollars of aid from Bush pledges, routed through relief groups rather than the Palestinian Authority, tied to a desalinization project in Gaza.
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Rice
Bush
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West Bank
Egypt
U.S
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Sharon
Fatah
Cials
United States
European
Europe
Middle East
Colin Powell
Arafat
Gasoline Prices Seen Rising On Strong Demand And Crude Costs
Carl Larry of Barclays Capital says retail gasoline prices may exceed last year’s peak as demand strengthens and crude oil climbs. U.S. demand rose to 8.8 million barrels per day over four weeks, while Valero’s quarterly income jumped to 488.5 million. Crude futures near 47 dollars, with fears over Iraq disruptions and Middle East tensions boosting risk. Analyst Eloza predicts a near term spike to 2.15 to 2.50 dollars per gallon, though briefly, with Lundberg survey showing a national average of 1.91 dollars.
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Barclays Capital
New York
Larry
U.S
Valero Energy Corp
San Antonio
Valero
Iraq
Middle East
Tom Kloza
Oi Price Information Service
Lakewood
N.J
New York Mercantile Exchange
Lundberg
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