Ottawa Kansas Housing Grants The Local Forum Report
The Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant program benefits low and moderate income residents to prevent slums and blight and improve health and safety. Ottawa aims to improve local economies, encourage private investment, create jobs, and expand the tax base while promoting affordable housing and fair housing opportunities. Housing rehabilitation grants previously aided 112 elderly homes. housing assistance caps down payments at 50 percent and covers closing costs for low to moderate income buyers.
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Ottawa
Kansas
House tax plan faces fairness questions in Kansas
A News Analysis notes the Kansas House Taxation Committee drafted a plan to fund a school finance package by broad tax shifts. The proposal would raise 205.3 million dollars with 96 percent from individuals, boosting residential utility bills and the personal income tax by about 15 percent overall, while leaving corporate tax increases modest. Democrats defend it as targeting upper incomes. Republicans propose a flat 15 percent surcharge funded by school districts and oppose some corporate tax hikes. Lobbyists, averaging heavy influence, crowd the process as exemptions shrink from 35 to fewer, raising questions about who bears the burden and whether business should shoulder more of the cost.
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House Taxation Committee
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House
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Roe
Tax Committee
Three state lottery jackpots unclaimed
Des Moines AP reports no winner in the $11 million Lotto America draw, lifting the midweek prize to $14 million. Iowa and Kansas draws show numerous matchers for smaller prizes, with Kansas Cash Lotto and Reno drawings posting no jackpot winners and upcoming prizes rising to about $70,000.
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Des Moines
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Kansas
Boeing Warns 2,438 More Jobs At Risk Nationwide
Boeing notified 2,438 employees they may be laid off within two months, with most notices to Puget Sound workers and others at a Portland parts plant and Edwards Air Force Base. The company began cuts Nov 1, total notices 4,200, but actual layoffs 323. projected 8,000 jobs cut this year, mainly in Washington and one Wichita plant.
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California
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Kan
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