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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1990
Page
6
A House committee in Topeka endorsed two bills to keep the Kansas Lottery operating for four more years after reviewing an audit criticizing past management. If the resolution passes, lawmakers must revisit the lottery in 1994 under Sunset Law. otherwise no review is required.
The Kansas Senate passed a bill outlawing car and truck brokering by a 38 to 1 vote, with Fred Kerr the sole naysayer. House action favored election reforms allowing pre election registration and assistance for absentee ballots, plus expanded registration windows. Democrats pushed property tax amendments while critics warned interstate banking could shift deposits to out of state institutions. A drug free school zone and AIDS exposure testing were also discussed.
Emporia State University reports Kansans give their public schools high marks with 66 percent rating A or B. Concerns focus on drugs and alcohol and lack of discipline, identified as top problems similar to national trends. 901 Kansans were surveyed from 840,000 listings.
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