Kansas Legislature Faces Tax Hike Clash Over Severance Tax
In Topeka Kansas House Speaker Wendell Lady says a tax increase is inevitable with pressure on the Senate to choose between higher property taxes or a severance tax on oil and gas. He cites a two-house stalemate, school finance funding, and a potential $54.8 million rise in property taxes if no action is taken.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
House
Wendell Lady
Sessior
Ics
Tony
Hoss Doyen
Doyen
Lady
Kansas City May Bid to Host National Governors Conference
KC GOP official says Kansas City may bid to host this year’s National Republican Governors Conference after the November election. Fred Radewagen notes no talks with other states yet. Patrick Tierney of the Convention and Visitors Bureau welcomes the prospect, estimating about 4500 attendees. A Feb 23 meeting in Washington will decide site selection.
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Kansas City
GOP
Fred Radewagen
Patrick Pierney
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Water Users Worry Over Missouri River Diversion
U S Rep Tom Harkin warns that overuse elsewhere drains the Missouri River and threatens downstream flows. A conference in Council Bluffs, co sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, reviews proposals to divert Missouri water including a South Dakota ETSI coal slurry plan and Ogallala replenishment ideas.
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Council Bluffs
Towa
U.S
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Missouri River
Harkin
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce
South Dakota
Wyoming
Energy Transportation Systems, Inc
Nebraska
ETSI
High Plains
Polish Pilot Evades Poland Flight To Seek Asylum
A Polish pilot and six family members escaped Friday aboard his final Warsaw to southwest Poland flight. They asked West German authorities for political asylum. the co-pilot also sought asylum. It is the first known case of a Polish pilot diverting a domestic flight to the West.
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Berlin
Poland
Warsaw
West
LOT
U.S
Tempelhof
Wroclaw
U.S. Air Force
West Berlin
Congress Loses IRS Aid In Tax Return Help For Lawmakers
The IRS orders its Capitol Hill offices to stop preparing tax returns for members of Congress after a Kansas congressman condemns the perk as unfair. The policy shift follows the year’s rule to offer only advice, not return preparation, except for taxpayers with a manifest inability.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Capitol Hill
Congress
Kansas
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
IRS
Roscoe Egger
Ellen Murphy
Egger
Murphy
FoMoCo Subcontracting Blocks Union Agreement
Ford Motor Co faces a central dispute with UAW leaders over subcontracting to non union plants and overseas suppliers. Ephlin says in house work should stay in house while closings and reopener clauses loom. Ford seeks wage and benefit concessions to save hundreds of millions over the contract.
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Donald Ephlin
Ford
Ford Uaw
Ephlin
Peter Pestillo
Pestillo
Douglas Fraser
Fraser
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