SRS Cuts and Circuit Breaker Gain Senate Attention
Sen Jim Allen reports on Senate actions including emergency funds for the residential property tax circuit breaker, SRS welfare program funding through April 30 1990 and Foster Care increases, a cigarette tax proposal to fund Margin of Excellence third year, and dual high school college credits proposal for seniors amid Kansas birthday observances.
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Jim Allen
Ottawa
Ith
Statehouse
Senate Education Committee
Sen College
Senate
Mike Hayden
House
Kansas lawmaker honors Grandma Layton for art distinction
Rep. Bettie Sue Shumway reports the House unanimously adopted a resolution honoring Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville as Distin guished Kansan of the Year by the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas. The piece notes her challenging art topics such as aging, hunger, AIDS, and capital punishment. The column also covers tax relief debates, SRS funding restored by the Senate, branch banking for state banks, bond issuance authority, and education funding uncertainties. Calls are listed for questions.
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Bettie Sue Shumway
Ottawa
Elizabeth
Grandma” Layton
Wellsville
Native Sons and Daughters
Kansas
Red tape dampens food stamp use in rising poverty
In Raleigh and nationwide, poverty climbs while food stamp participation falls. Officials cite red tape, economic recovery, and policy changes as reasons. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities notes declines from 19.8 million in 1980 to 18.8 million in 1988, with regional drops contrasted by gains in the Southwest and Midwest. Experts warn the program is tighter and less accessible.
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Raleigh, N.C
Mildred Lee
Raleigh
Lee
Phil Shanholizer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington
Robert Greenstein
Northeast
Mid- Atlantic
Southeast
Public Voice Advocacy Group
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