Ottawa Clerk Scott Bird Named State's Top Clerk
Ottawa City Clerk Scott Bird has been named the Mildred Vance City Clerk/Finance Officer of the Year by the Kansas City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers Association. Nominated by the Ottawa City Commission and city officials, Bird has 24 years with Ottawa, guiding a $30 million budget for a city of 12,500 with 155 employees.
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Charles Gillette
Kansas legislature weighs two plans for school funding reform
With 30 days left to craft a plan, the Kansas Legislature debates two bills aimed at fixing a court-ordered school funding system. Salina school board president Mary Anne Trickle calls both proposals a sham, while Rep. Jerry Williams and Sen. Dwayne Umbarger criticize them as insufficient to meet the Supreme Court’s concerns. An analysis shows the bills boost spending by over 100 million dollars but largely miss vulnerable students, and rely on local option budgets the court cautioned could worsen inequity. The lawsuit, filed in 1999 by Salina and Dodge City districts, requires a rewritten funding formula to fairly allocate money.
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Dodge City
Fire destroys historic Fort Scott district on Main Street
A fire in Fort Scott caused an estimated 10 million dollars in damage to nine buildings, with four more damaged, in the downtown historic district. Fifteen agents from the ATF National Response Team joined the investigation, working to determine if arson or explosives played a role while officials said there is no indication of intentional setting.
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Mainland passes anti independence law drawing regional ire
China formally enacts a law to threaten force to stop Taiwan from pursuing formal independence. The National People’s Congress approves 2,896 to 0 with two abstentions amid warnings of heightened East Asia tensions and calls from Taiwan for restraint. Premier Wen Jiabao pledges peaceful unification while cautioning against foreign interference.
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