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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2003
Page
7
City Faces Tough Budget Year in Ottawa 2004
Ottawa officials brace for a tight 2004 budget as a state cut removes more than 215000 in demand transfers. With taxes frozen, they plan spending cuts, reserve use, and fee hikes while delaying projects and considering planning and inspection fee increases. Municipal court fees added 200000 later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleon Rickel
Ottawa
Gene Ramsey
Bill Graves
Don Moler
League of Kansas Municipalities
Moler
Weldon Padgett
Padgett
Moser
Newton
Medicare prescription bills pass in House and Senate
Senate approval came 76 21 with bipartisan support while the House passed 216 215 after tense bargaining. President Bush urged swift reconciliation for a final compromise to create a drug benefit and private plan role in Medicare amid concerns over higher premiums for wealthier seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Washington
Bush
Congress
Rose Garden
Capitol
Edward Kennedy
Library reptile show delights Ottawa youngsters
Gavin Haas and about 190 children crowded the Ottawa Library to view a live reptile presentation by herpetologist David Nieves from Kansas City. Nieves showcased lizards and snakes, including an anaconda, and stressed responsibility in caring for reptiles while sharing photos from his books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate Batchelder
Weile
Gavin Haas
Gavin
Ottawa
S. Hickory St
Shane Haas
David Nieves
Kansas City
Nieves
Hans
Dane
Connor Medlen
Edlen
Medien
Ananconda
Laurie Silk
City Commission
Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa Library
Kansas gay sex law challenged by Supreme Court ruling
Kansas AG says the states sodomy ban is invalid after the Supreme Court struck down Texas law as discriminatory. Advocates hail the decision and push to return related cases to Kansas courts while opponents question the ruling’s reach. The Romeo and Juliet provision remains unequal for same sex couples under Kansas law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Topeka
Texas
Phill Kline
Supreme Court
Missouri
Oklahoma
Gapnetiavetal
Saencor Cartes Kline
Torneye
Cher Ne Poerae
Matthew Simon
James Esseks
American Civil Liberties Union
Esseks
Liman
Simon
Asseks
ACLU
Elsworth
Christine Robinson
University of Kansas
Robinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.L. Otter
Idaho
Jo Ann Emerson
Shannon Leonard
Lourie Silk
Emily Fredrix
Associated Press
Limon
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