Kansans face tax shifts as rate hikes and cuts take effect
The 1989 Kansas Legislature raises sales and motor fuels taxes to fund highway and water projects while approving 95 million in income tax cuts. Withholding tables shift Saturday, but the full impact appears next year. Local rates vary, with Topeka and Wichita at 5.25 percent and several cities at 6.25 or 5.75 percent, affecting buy totals and daily expenses.
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Topeka
Kan
State Department of Revenue
Kansas
Ed Rolfs
Joan Wagnon
D-Topeka
House Taxation Committee
Joe
Mike Hayden
Rolfs
Kansas City
Junction City
Coffeyville
Independence
Bonner Springs
Baxter Springs
Columbus
Hor+ton
Jackson County
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Parsons
Ottawa
Abilene
Pitsburg
Clay Center
Johnson County
Olathe
Lenexa
Overland Park
Prairie Village
Shawnee
Merriam
Leawood
Roeland Park
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Arkansas City
Atchison
Chanute
Concordia
Fort Scott
Leavenworth
Wellington
Winfield
Ottawa County fireworks policy eases before holiday
The Ottawa County Commission allows fireworks this year if restrictions are followed, lifting a ban that had briefly been eased last year. Park rangers warn that discharging fireworks remains prohibited at federal sites and fires safety is the main concern. Government offices closed Tuesday, with Monday the publishing and mail delivery day adjusted.
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Jay
BEMIS _ Herald
Westo
Ouawa
Sssion
Ottawa
Area Lakes
Jim D. Bell
Hillsdale
Jast
Savings
Herald
Court mum on abortion court decision awaited
The Supreme Court delayed its abortion ruling extending the term into Monday. The high court also issued a ruling limiting free speech protections for commercial expressions and curbing tribal power over reservation land use by non Indians.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Declan
Pitts
State University of New York
Antonin Sca-la
White House drafts amendment to ban flag burning
The White House drafts a constitutional amendment to forbid flag burning and aims to finalize with Republican leaders in Congress as early as Friday. Marlin Fitzwater said the measure would be developed with Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole and House Minority Leader Robert Michel to counter the Supreme Court ruling upholding flag burning as protest. Gregory Johnson suggests a prime time debate with the president on July eve after the court decision.
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Washington
White House
Bush
Congress
Marlin Fitzwater
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
House
Robert Michel
R-Ill
Supreme Court
Fitzwater
Gregory Johnson
High Court
New York
U.S. foreign debt swells to record high in 1988
The Commerce Department reports the United States held $1.79 trillion in foreign holdings while Americans own $1.25 trillion abroad. The 1988 debt rose by $154.2 billion from 1987, signaling a large shift of wealth to foreign creditors. Foreign direct investment reached a record $328.8 billion as investment inflows surged. Ottawa town father John T. Tanly Jones question remains unanswered in this item.
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Washington
America
United States
Hock
Commerce Department
U.S
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Tanly" Jones
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