Highway tax hike proposed to fund Kansas road plan
Advocates urge a four cent motor fuels tax rise and higher vehicle fees to keep the multiyear highway program intact amid a 426 million revenue gap. Downside options include downsizing projects like K-61 and U S 54, with debates over maintaining maintenance and avoiding scope cuts. The plan also extends changes to truck taxes and fuel transfers as state officials seek to preserve jobs and access during the economic downturn.
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Harris News Service
Hutchinson
McPherson
Kingman
Pratt
Kansas Department of Transportation
Bill Graves
Tom Palace
Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of
Kansas
Tom Whittaker
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
U.S.-54
Linnout
John Ballou
R-Gardner
Ballou
Hurley
Department of Transportation
Pandora's Box
Transportation
Gary Hayzlett
R-Lakin
Hayzlett
Ward Loyd
Garden City
Ottawa High grad funds KSU ag complex with $2 million
Ottawa High School graduate Hal Ross and wife Mary Lou donate $2 million to Kansas State University College of Agriculture for a new grain science complex. Ross, class of 1943, previously gave $55,000 to renovate Ottawa’s Old Depot Museum, which earned about $680,000 in grants. The grain complex includes five buildings and aims to centralize industrial and teaching facilities for grain science.
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Ezra Sykes
Ottawa High School
Kansas State University College of Agriculture
Hal Ross
Mary Lou
K-State
Ross
OHS
Kansas State
Franklin County Historical Society
Old Depot
Deb Barker
Barker
Ottawa
Oxford
Ross Milling Co
Tee
The
Historical Society
Superintendents Club
University of Kansas School of Law
Ross Industries
Ross Foundation
Wichita
International Grains Program
Marc Johnson
College of Agriculture
Rosses
Johnson
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
Anderson County Board to Meet on Bond Election Plan
The Anderson County Board of Education will hold a special noon meeting at the district office to decide on a resolution setting a date for a bond election and petitioning the state board to exceed the bonded indebtedness limit. The board has been assembling a district wide facility improvement proposal.
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Anderson County School Board
Herald
Anderson County Board of Education
City crews sweep up ice storm limbs again
City public works director Andy Haney says a second sweep will begin to gather downed limbs from the ice storm. Crews have hauled logs to burn pits and mulch sites. public is urged to curb debris by end of March and call 229-3630 if missed. Cemeteries Forest Park Highland Hope have reopened to visitors.
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Heri City
Andy Haney
City Public Works
Haney
Orls Cox
Public Works Department
Forest Park
Highland and
Hope
Ottawaherald.com
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Clifford
Ottawa University Theatre
Warren Leight
Gene
Adam Clay
Nate Wilcox
Ziggy
Kjell Nordgren
Jonesy
Elliot Riggio Funk
New York
Ottawa High Grad
KSU Ag
Sandra J. Milby
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