House Tacks Move Onto School Finance
In Topeka the Kansas House Education Committee added 2.7 million to the Senate bill funding local school districts. The measure, if passed, returns to the Senate for a conference committee to finalize. Total state aid rises to 312.10 million with 23 million in transportation aid, surpassing last year by about 29.7 million.
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Topeka
Kan
Education Committee
Kansas House
Kansas
Senate
House Committee
House
James Lowther
Remporia
Kale Hineman
J. Santford Duncan
Wichita
Lowther
Robert F. Bennett
DOT Budget Cuts Hit Freeways and Interstates in Committee
In Topeka the House Ways and Means Committee reduced nearly eight million dollars from Governor Bennett's DOT budget. The panel shaved four million from freeway projects and three million from interstate plans, noting the governor had sought eight point seven million more for interstates and ten point seven million more for freeways than approved by the Highway Advisory Commission.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Ways and Means
Robert F. Bennett
Department of Transportation
Highway Advisory Commission
Commission
Legislative Pay Mostly Allowance
Kansas legislators average about 10 000 dollars yearly in salary and expenses with top leaders earning up to 4200 dollars more. Daily pay totals 79 dollars during 90 day sessions and 35 44 per diem outside sessions, plus mileage and interim meeting pay. Subcommittee cuts trimmed positions and urged a standardized DOT priority formula, while rejecting a north south corridor emphasis.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
House
Outdated Tax Rules Scrutinized for Bank Loan Losses
New York AP notes banks face restrictive tax provisions on loan loss reserves. A 1969 Act reform study by the Association of Reserve City Bankers and Banking Research Fund, with Golembe Associates, finds net loan losses rose in the 1970s and questions the benefit of the tax change.
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New York
Association of Reserve City Bankers
Banking Research Fund
Golembe Associates Inc
Samuel B. Chase Jr
Gregory E. Boczar
Profit Motive Thorn In Utilities Measure
In Topeka Kansas the Senate blocked a bill aimed at pushing state utilities to diversify energy sources. The measure would have allowed Kansas Gas and Electric and Kansas City Power and Light to earn an extra two percent profit, a provision contested as boosting profits for a nuclear plant under construction. Senator Arnold Berman cited the conflict with the energy program and noted House passage of the bill.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Arnold Berman
D-Lawrence
Donald Mainey
House
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Berman
Kansas Corporation Commission
Robert Talkington
Alola
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Senate
Secretary of Health and Environment
ECC
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game Commission
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Secretary of Revenue
Americans see fewer tax mistakes and more refunds says IRS
Washington AP reports the Internal Revenue Service finds errors on 4 percent of 1040A returns so far this year, down from 11 percent last year, with mid March refunds averaging 489 dollars. About 75 to 80 percent of taxpayers are expected to receive refunds as the accuracy rate improves thanks to tax tables.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
TRS
Ellen Murphy
Varied Goods Shelf Items Listed in Store Inventory
A mixed inventory covers automotive parts like a 125 gallon gas tank and pump, electric sprayers and motors, hydraulic cylinders and jacks. clothing such as denim jackets, jeans, shirts, caps, insulated jackets and gloves. household items including soaps, cosmetics, cleaning supplies, light bulbs, coffee and canned goods. plus toys, groceries, tobacco, dog food, bath scales, window blinds, sewing notions and rations.
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Lot Toys
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DOT
Loren Hohman
D-Topeka
State Finance Council
Hohman
Congress
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Bill
Senate Elections Committee
Michael Johnston
D-Parsons
Secretary of State
District of Columbia
Governmental Ethics Commission
John Carlin
Kansas Supreme Court
Hallmark Cards, Inc
Hallmark
Briscoe Drug
Beare DP
Doug Highie
Room
Ay Sao LO
Cadmus
Osawatomie
Jans Franklin
Elec
Tyler
Globe Meat Slicer
Toledo
Victor Cash Reg
Underwood
Victor Add
Burlington, Kansas
Jim Strawder
Lawrence Strawder
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