Tax alternatives grip on Legislature
Legislator Bettie Sue Shumway outlines the tax debate shaping the session. She notes proposals, potential revenue from repealing exemptions, and opposition to Governor Hayden’s Proposition 13. She discusses AFDC veto impacts, SRS cuts, and HB2796 aimed at welfare and disabled children, with calls for deferring school district health care bills. Community contact details are provided.
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Bettie Sue Shumway
Ottawa
Mike Hayden
Legislature debates key issues in February session
Senator Jim Allen reviews a busy first February week as the Kansas Legislature weighs Gov Hayden’s 20 percent property tax rollback, a cigarette tax for higher education, a Parents as Teachers plan, and housing efforts for the needy. The Senate passed a cigarette tax. other proposals seek alternative revenue and school/home programs. Ways and Means panels study agency budgets for FY 1991 amid a tight General Fund.
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Ottawa
Mike Hayden
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Senate
Kansas Department of Commerce
Galileo fixes camera glitch on Venus flyby mission
Galileo in Pasadena after engineers replaced faulty computer commands causing the camera to shutter 452 times unintentionally. The spacecraft then captured 38 Venus images and continued toward Earth for a gravity assist to reach Jupiter in the six year, 2.4 billion mile mission.
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Trump separation ends 12 year marriage with Ivana
Billionaire Donald Trump, owner of Trump Shuttle, Trump Tower, and Trump casinos, seeks separation from Ivana after 12 years. A prenuptial puts about 20 million in Ivana’s hands plus their 45 room Greenwich Connecticut country home. Trump says they have grown apart and may reconcile. he denies romantic rumors. The couple has three children Donald Jr 12 Ivanka 8 and Eric 6. Forbes valued Trump at about 1.7 billion in 1989.
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America
Avoid Aspirin in Last Trimester Says Health Advisory
A health advisory warns against taking aspirin in the final three months of pregnancy due to potential risks to the fetus. It urges pregnant individuals to consult a clinician before using any anti-inflammatory medicines and to seek alternatives when possible.
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Reye
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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