Graves proposes balanced Kansas budget with tax cuts
Governor Fairplan Graves unveils an $8.5 billion budget with a $300 million surplus, boosting general fund spending by 2.5 percent while cutting taxes by $178.5 million. The plan includes a $40 million school property tax cut and a $30 million rise in the standard deduction, plus funding for education, children's insurance, pensioners, state employees and parks. The governor frames the package as balance, aiming to keep current levels and minimize taxes across the economic spectrum.
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Government Contacts for Topeka Officials
Government figures listed include Governor Bill Graves at the State Capitol in Topeka with a 66612 ZIP and phone 785 296 3232, Attorney General Carla Stovall at the Judicial Center, State Representatives Bill Feuerborn and Ralph Tanner at the Statehouse, and State Senator Robert Tyson at the State Capitol, all in Topeka 66612 with their respective phone numbers.
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Bill Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Bill Feuerborn
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Robert Tyson
Unabomber Case Echoes Catch-22 In Death Penalty Debate
An opinion piece argues Kaczynski’s claim of sanity complicates his trial and highlights a catch-22 in capital punishment. It notes prosecutors seek a death sentence while defense experts deem him paranoid schizophrenic, touches on the role of informants, past executions, and the impact on future law enforcement and insanity defenses.
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Joseph Heller
Theodore J
Kaczynski
University of California At Berkeley
Lonely Mountain Shack
Theodore Kaczynski
David Kaczynski
Ted
FBI
Olympic Park
Atlanta
Garland E. Burrell Jr
Colin Ferguson
Long Island
Ferguson
Supreme Court
Bill Clinton
Arkansas
Rickey Ray Rector
Rector
Clinton
America
National Coalition
Reversion fears loom over Prairie Spirit Rail-Trail plan
Dale E Anderson, executive director of the National Association of Reversionary Property Owners, argues in a reader forum that Kansas lacks ownership of the Santa Fe abandoned right of way and that state agencies push to seize private land for a PSRT state park. He contends mineral rights, quitclaims, and a federal reversion concept threaten private property and the American Dream, urging property rights defense.
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Kansas
State of Kansas
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Friends of the
Santa Fe
R.R
Burlington Northern
Franklin County
R.A
KDWP
Jim Ryan
Dale E. Anderson
National Association of Reversionary Property Owners
Garnett
Kansas House Democrats Push for Tax Relief and Investment
Open letter from Kansas House Democrats outlines a 1998 session plan using a nearly 300 million state budget windfall. They advocate debt reduction, education investment, and a fair tax cut package including higher deductions and exemptions, a state EITC, and reduced sales tax on food. Readers invited to submit signed opinions to The Ottawa Herald.
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Kansas
Kansas House
House
Critics blast Human Rights Watch over US record
The Journal editors compare Iraq Iran China and Russia in accusing and defending Human Rights Watch for condemning the United States for land mine positions and argue the US has done more to ease abuses than other nations, while questioning HRW’s motives.
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Saddam Hussein
Iran
China
Russia
United States
Human Rights Watch
New York
U.S
Organization
Guest editorials offer diverse reader opinions
The Herald presents guest editorials that provide a variety of viewpoints for readers. Views expressed are not necessarily the newspaper's official stance.
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