Kansans face phone bill hikes after proposal rejection
The Kansas Corporation Commission rejected a plan to subsidize discounted rates for calls to nearby cities. About 4,600 rural residents in towns including Atlanta Clearwater Conway Springs Latham Norwich Potwin Riverside Udall Viola Rosalia Assoria Bennington Salemsburg Bridgeport Mentor Falun Smolan Ensign Ford Spearville Pierceville Louisburg Hillsdale Ingalls would pay $90 or more monthly for the same 15 hours of calls after July 1. Southwestern Bell had provided the discounted service before deregulation ended its local toll monopoly. The commission refused to tap the Universal Service Fund, urging independent firms to craft a universal benefit. The independent companies plan to appeal.
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Wichita
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
Southwestern Bell
Commission
Atlanta
Clearwater
Conway Springs
Latham
Norwich
Potwin
Riverside
Udall
Viola
Rosalia
el Dorado
Assoria
Ben
Kansas’ Universal Service Fund
Poison ivy may surge in Kansas this summer expert warns
Geary County Extension agent Chuck Otte says droughtier conditions could boost poison ivy growth across Kansas. He notes the weed adapts to sun or shade, climbs heights over 50 feet, and forms thick thickets up to 12 feet tall, spreading easily in expanding urban edges.
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Junction City
Kansans
Poison Ivy Authority
Chuck Otte
Otto
Geary County
Kansas State University
Otte
Kansas
Guidance system may aid small air travel in Kansas
NASA is developing the Small Aircraft Transportation System to extend GPS guided landings to smaller airports like Lawrence Municipal. The system could reduce landing costs to about 12 percent of a traditional Instrument Landing System and improve all weather access for rural Kansas. Congress hearings were canceled due to scheduling and weather.
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Lawrence
NASA
Kansas City International
Bob Custer
Tech
Kansas
Roy Willams
Custer
University of Capability
U.S
Dennis Moore
Dhan
Moore
SATS
Lawrence Municipal
Aerospac Engineering
The
Aerospace At University of Kansas
Oz investor plans to triple his stake in Oz Entertainment
VSI Holdings chair Steve Toth Jr. and his family trust hold 26 percent of Oz Entertainment, with VSI planning to invest 15 to 20 million more to secure the Sunflower Army Ammunition plant site near De Soto. VSI expects to raise about 70 million in a later round, diluting Toth’s stake but expanding the company’s marketing contracts and 3-D animatronic character work for the theme park.
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VSI Holdings
Toth
K.C. Investors
VSL
VSI
Oz Entertainment Co
Tom Marquis
Kory
Marquis
Bourjaily
De Soto Oz theme park costs rise to 860 million
Johnson County Commission members critique the $860 million price tag for Oz Entertain ment Co. theme park and resort at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. The plan adds a dammed lake and 30 year property tax breaks funded by private and public sources, with state and county infrastructure support.
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Desoto
Johnson County Commission
Oz Entertainment Co
Johnna Lingle
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
County Commission
Annabeth Surbaugh
Robert Kory
de Soto
Kory
Kansas 10
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