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Lawmakers and Graves at odds over budget plan
Lawmakers moved toward a budget agreement with Gov. Bill Graves amid a dispute over spending cuts. Three House and three Senate negotiators met on the $206 million gap for the 2002 fiscal year, straying from Graves's $12.1 million in cuts as they entered a fourth day of talks. The effort comes on the seventh day since spring break and the 92nd day of the session.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
House
Senate
Graves
Sen
David
School bill held up by budget gap in Kansas
AP Kansas lawmakers face a $206 million shortfall for Fiscal 2002 as a $67 million education funding increase stalls while negotiators seek a budget fix. House and Senate debate the $2.26 billion school finance bill, with tax cuts and district audits under consideration, amid upcoming staffing cuts across districts.
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Topeka
House
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Garner
Senate
Kansas
Melvern
Ted Vannecker
Vannecker
House Education
Ralph Tanner
Area school superintendents blast lawmakers
Kansas superintendents led by Central Heights chief Bob Cole criticize state lawmakers as moochers on society for failing to fund schools adequately. West Franklin’s Susan Myers notes dwindling enrollment and tight budgets forcing layoffs and cuts. Both warn sustained tax resistance could force local funding shifts to protect students.
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Ezra Sykes
Herald
Central Heights
Bob Cole
Kansas
Cole
Statehouse
Topeka
West Franklin
Susan Myers
Myers
West Franklin Board of Education
Appanoose Elementary
Associated Press
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
Deal considered to fund Garnett Church Furnishings expansion
Anderson County and Garnett officials weigh a joint funding plan to finance a new industrial park building for Garnett Church Furnishings. The revised proposal lowers the total city and county share to 150000 with staged annual payments over six years and a reimbursement requirement to the public bodies. The project follows a 725000 community development block grant and aims to upgrade park infrastructure as the firm relocates due to a condemned boiler.
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Darrin Peschkr
Herald
Anderson County
Garnett
Garnett Church Furnishings
Rick Doran
Te Orly
Doran
Bill Craig
Craig
County Commission
North America
Mike Wedel
Louisburg
Wedel
Darrin Peschka
Dpeschka
Ottawaherald
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Dwayne Umbarger
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R-Thayer
New Deal
Bon Bishop
Kansas Sunset
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