Weekend Forecast Clings to Sunny Warm Spirit
Today remains mostly sunny with highs in the low 60s and north winds of 10 to 15 mph. Tonight turns partly cloudy with lows in the mid 30s. Sunday brings more sun and a bit cooler air with highs around the mid 50s.
Finney objects to Kansas school finance tax plan
Gov. Joan Finney urged Kansas residents to contact state senators against the House-passed bill raising sales and income taxes to fund schools. The plan would lift the sales tax to 5 percent and alter income rates, with exemptions repealed for utilities, telephone calls, and construction services, generating hundreds of millions for education and local relief.
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Overland Park
Kan
Joan Finney
Topeka
Kansans
Joan Wagnon
House Taxation Committee
Finney
House
Johnson County
Bannister Mall
Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas
Wolf Creek officials probe mysterious plant noise in Kansas
Wolf Creek nuclear plant workers continue weekend inspections to find the source of a mysterious noise heard Feb 28 during a plant shutdown for maintenance. Officials consider piping supports and valve flow. they aim to prevent recurrence and may affect the KG&E KPL merger timing.
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Burlington
Kan
Wolf Creek
Bart Withers
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp
Ronn Smith
Smith
Withers
Kansas Power and Light Co
Topeka
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Kg&e
Local BOE meets Monday in Ottawa on routine agenda
The Ottawa Board of Education returns from spring break to meet Monday night at 7:30 in the district office at 420 S Main. Items include legislative and school finance issues, central office reorganization, a change order on the Ottawa High classroom addition gym project, renewal of administrator contracts, and a 30 minute executive session on personnel and negotiations.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa
S. Main
Canine capers and a mutt in the headlines
Alan Flippen reports on Willie the governor’s dog and other canine tales. Maryland Governor Schaefer defends vet bills for Willie seen as a police dog. In Florida a mutt named Lucky battles a weight limit and possible eviction. News from New York, Ohio, and Ontario rounds up dogs in unusual trouble and loyalty.
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Alan Flippen
Associated Press
Maryland
Florida
New York
Willie
William Donald Schaefer
Washington Post
Schaefer
Frank Traynor
Donald Murphy
Murphy
Lucky
Mindy Felinton
Boca Raton
Fla
Felinton
Felinion
Shadow
New York Post
William Connors
Chief of Patrol
Earl Cash
Greenville
8.C
Lucas
Cash
Noah Woods
Bayside-Balfour
Ontario
Jane Neve
Ms. Neve
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