Spending Lid Tops GOP 1980 Kansas Priorities
Kansas Republican leaders named a state spending lid as their top 1980 priority. They seek higher highway funding about 35 million dollars per year and a 2 cent per gallon fuel tax raise, with bipartisan support. They also push salary hikes for state workers and teachers, funded by shifting highway financing and other sources.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Ross, Doyen
R.concordia
Wendell Lady and Doyen
Kansas Department of Transportation
Lady
John Carlin
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Ers
Doyen
State General Fund
Kansas Highway Patrol
Highway Fund
General Fund
Highway Patrol
Legislative
Economist Predicts 1980 Economic Slowdown and Street Inflation
Angell warns of continued unemployment rise through 1980 with a cap near 7.5 percent as housing, auto, and steel sectors slow. He cites slower inflation lowering returns for homeowners, rising gasoline prices, and a world oil shortage. Consumers will trim purchases, demanding higher miles per gallon from cars.
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Saudi Arabia
Angell
United States
Tax Challenge Debate In Kansas Sets Plea For Fairness
Ottawa city commissioner Marshall argues the intangibles tax is unfair as some residents pay while others escape. He notes the law allows other tax increases to offset losses and explains removal votes take two years to take effect. Petitions for the proposal will be available January 25 to February 8 in county financial institutions.
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Doyen
Senate
Carlin
Marshall
Ottawa
Classified Ad Rates and Correction Policy Notice
Classified ad rates and deadlines are listed for want ads display ads and lodge notices. Instructions cover word and line pricing, minimums, deadlines, and error correction procedures with contact details for reporting mistakes. The Ottawa Herald notes responsibility limits and consumer protection guidance from Topeka authorities.
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Ottawa Herald
KCC Forms Consumer Information Board in Kansas
Eighteen organizations across Kansas were chosen to join the Kansas Corporation Commission Consumer Information Board. Members will advise on conservation, alternative energy, and storage, and help host forums on energy policy while each group submits three nominees for final selection.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
New Consumer Information Board
Consumer Board
KCC
Kansas League of Women Voters
The
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas National Education Association
Tom Taylor
League of Women Voters
Farm Bureau
KNEA
the Land Institute
Salina
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Mid- America Coalition For Energy Alternatives
Shawnee Mission
Kansas Farmers Union
McPherson
Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc
Sabetha
Shawnee County Community Assistance and Action, Inc
Kansans For Sensible Energy
Wichita
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee of
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
Ottawa
Radioactive-Free
Lawrence
Kansas Solar Energy Society
Energy Alternatives
Healy and Garden City
Environmental Resource Advisory Board of
Kansas Coalition On Aging, Shawnee Mission
Pomona Adopts Charter Ordinance Exempting City From Levy Limits
The city of Pomona Kansas adopts Charter Ordinance No 5 to exempt itself from K S A 79 5011 and set substitute provisions authorizing a separate tax levy to fund public safety costs. It allows levies for principal and interest, legal judgments, rents, special assessments, and pension obligations, with a 61 day effective period after final publication unless a referendum is requested. The ordinance was passed January 7 1980 with mayor Wanda Barclay and city clerk Florence Milliman.
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Pomona
Kansas
K.S.A
State of
State Board of Tax Appeals
Public Building Commission
Pomora
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Mee
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Consumer Protection Division
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Peanuts
Beetle Bailey
THEFT
Dick Tracy
Adonis
Tracy
Chief
Alle
Joel
Avery
Ottawa City Hall
Wanda Barclay
Florence Milliman
Robert W. Green
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