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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 2000
Page
9
A Kansas House elections committee tabled a bill to require public officials to donate or discard campaign funded assets at term end. Chairwoman Lisa Benson warned the measure is effectively dead for this year, despite advocates citing cases like a $5400 campaign computer purchased before a 1998 departure.
Gov Bill Graves proposed higher education budget with a 5.9 percent average faculty raise. Senate budget subcommittee endorsed it as part of a larger Ways and Means plan to vote March 1 on regents and state colleges funding. The $1.46 billion 2001 level follows a $13 million rise from the current budget.
TOPEKA AP Local school boards would gain more independence under a Senate Education Committee endorsed bill SB 552. The measure would let districts adopt their own policies but keep them bound by state laws and regulations from the State Board of Education. Critics fear overreach and potential misuse by boards.
The Kansas House Agriculture Committee voted 8-5 to reject HB 2866 which would repeal early 1900s statutes letting township workers enter private land to kill prairie dogs by shooting or poisoning. Supporters warned of endangered species listing. opponents warned of trouble if populations rise.
A House voice vote approved a bill to reorganize the Kansas State Historical Society. The measure would have the governor appoint the executive director from three nominees chosen by the society’s nonprofit executive committee. The bill targets state archives and the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka.
The House gave tentative first-round approval to a Bank Records Bill shielding the names and addresses of holders under 5 percent ownership in banks or bank holding companies. The vote was 59 to 34 with little discussion. Controversy arose over a tobacco-related document and notes cited by attorney general staff. A bill to study racial profiling by law enforcement received committee endorsement, proposing an outside consultant and statewide survey with careful sampling.
Jackson County Deputy John Schoen credits his bulletproof vest with keeping him alive after a Friday shooting near Hoyt that left three people dead. He was wounded in the arm chest and face, fired back sparingly, and escaped toward wooded cover as the shooter killed a police dog and set the residence on fire. Autopsy results pending confirmation of identities for the three deceased.
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