Revenue Department problems raise concerns in Kansas
The Ottawa Herald reports Kansas Revenue Department struggles with late income tax processing and slow tax help hot line. Secretary Karla Pierce touts completed returns while acknowledging a flawed fund status line and erroneous information. Audits are debated as lawmakers clash over next steps.
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Karla Pierce
Ying
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Monlay
Ting
Beka
Te Kansas Department of
Post Audit
Revenue Department
Bill Graves
Department of Revenue
Kenny Wilk
Legislative Post Audit Committee
Kansas
John D. Montgomery
The
Ottawa Herald
Thanks to City of Ottawa workers for storm recovery
Cathy J. Sutton chairwoman of the Ottawa Retail Committee thanks the City of Ottawa and its workers and volunteers for keeping businesses open or quickly reopening after the storm. She notes few stores closed and praises the city’s hard work in restoring commerce.
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Ottawa
Cathy J. Sutton
Retail Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Purse Recovered by Honest Finder at Country Mart
Myrtle Baasch thanks an unknown honest person who returned her purse to the Country Mart office. She expresses gratitude and offers God bless you for the act.
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Country Mart
Myrtle Baasch
Gratitude Expressed to Gas Service Crew
A property owner praises the Gas Service Co for removing branches and fallen trees after a storm on June 28 and July 3. The crew climbed trees to cut limbs, raked the yard, and cleaned the patio, aided by KOFO in handling the call. The writer notes disability prevented self-help and extends thanks.
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Gas Service Co
Kofo
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Otawaherald
Topeka desegregation case nears final closure
Fifty years after Brown v Board, landmark desegregation case nears end as attorney signals desire to close the books. Judge Rogers ruled district had desegregated to best ability in 1987, a ruling later upheld by higher courts, with 1993 court-ordered plan continuing. The attorney urges unitary status and ongoing social integration efforts.
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U.S
Richard Rogers
U.S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Topeka
Bushes bid to win Iowa straw poll hits democracy
The piece accuses George Bush the Younger of buying a dominant position at the Iowa Republican straw poll by paying $43,500 for a large tent site. It argues the process is a farce, with voting rules and money shaping outcomes, and cites McCain's push for campaign finance reform and a write‑in option for the election year.
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George Bush
Iowa Republican Party
Iowa
Bill Gates
Aoo
Bush
Lamar Alexander
Bush the
United States of America
Washington
John McCain
New Hampshire
McCain
Politicians and the fight over children’s future
Charley Reese urges concrete actions to aid children including tax relief, monetary reform, tougher divorce laws, and ending mind altering drugs. He criticizes daycare as a second best, warns against public drug subsidies, calls for attacking pornography, and stresses parental virtue and clear moral absolutes.
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