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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 2017
Page
5
A reader thanks Ottawa for creating a friendly park space at Kanza Park. On Feb 18 parents and kids used the playground and bike trail, inviting others to visit and enjoy the city recreation area.
The author recalls Democratic obstruction criticism during Obama era and warns Democrats face vulnerable 2018 Senate races in Missouri West Virginia and possible GOP flips. He urges cross party cooperation for a balanced budget and term limits, criticizing protests and inaction.
A reader requests a correction to a February 16 Herald letter about gun rights. The revised paragraph asserts that the Heller decision limits the constitutional right to gun possession to the home and authorizes government bans or controls on public possession, challenging the way the original text was presented.
The Kansas House approved Substitute HB 2178 by 76 to 48, moving a tax overhaul that raises rates to a three bracket system starting 2017. It repeals the non-wage business income exemption, loosens losses treatment, and ends certain livestock sale deductions while adding medical expense deductions at the state level. The bill moves to the Senate, facing a likely veto by the governor. Kevin Jones, Wellsville, a Franklin County representative, comments on education funding.
Caryn Tyson, a Kansas Senate member from Parker, defends her no vote on Sub HB 2178 arguing it would raise taxes by about 500 million dollars annually starting 2017. She criticizes misstatements by another legislator and notes the bill’s passage in the Senate 22 to 18 before sent to the governor.
A listing of contact points for federal and state officials including President Donald Trump, U S representatives Lynn Jenkins and Kevin Jones, Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, Governor Sam Brownback, Attorney General Derek Schmidt, and State legislators Blaine Finch Caryn Tyson. It provides office addresses, phone numbers, and official websites or contact forms.
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