Kansans benefit from legislative tax relief package
The Legislature approved a broad tax relief package delivering $119 million in savings next year and $171 million the following year. Key measures include an eight mill property tax cut for education with a $20,000 home exemption, expanded homestead exemptions, and an income tax credit for adoptive families. The Franklin County Commission warned bureaucrats about admin costs for exemptions, but the property tax relief stands as a substantial saving for homeowners.
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Kansans
Bill Graves
Franklin County Commission
Reader Forum submissions requested by Ottawa Herald readers
Letters must be hand signed with author address and telephone number and sent to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067. Long letters may be edited for space.
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Ottawa, Herald
Cedar
Ottawa
Retail wheeling a rural bummer in Kansas debate
In western Kansas the push for retail wheeling faces scrutiny as a Sunflower Electric study by Fort Hays State University warns rural areas lack buying power to reap benefits. Regulators and co op leaders urge cautious steps toward competition while preserving reliability and price protections.
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Alina
Kansas
Topeka
America
Kansas Corporation Commission
Sunflower Electric
Fort Hays State University
Docking Institute of Public Affairs
Power Company
Government contacts list for Kansas officials and offices
A compiled contact rundown for national and Kansas state officials. It includes President Bill Clinton at The White House and senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback with addresses and phone numbers. Kansas figures Bill Graves and Carla Stovall, along with Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius and several state representatives and senators, are provided with office locations and telephone lines.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Fox
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
Kansas Ave
Topeka
W. 95Th
Overland Park
Jim Ryun
Cannon, Hob
Washington, D.C
Ryun
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
Bill Feuerbern
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Pope John Paul II visits Lebanon hailed as peace beacon
The Times notes a 300000 strong Beirut crowd and calls the pope a bridge builder reconciling Christianity and Islam while Lebanon emerges from years of civil war led by Maronite Druz Shia and Sunni leaders. The Jordan Times cautions reconciliation remains Lebanon's task.
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London
John Paul II
Lebanon
Bosnia
Beirut
Druz
Jordan Times
Amman
John Paul
Middle East
Palestine
Israel
Syria
Europe
Africa
Latin America
U.S
Liberation
Paris
Kasparov
Mars
IBM
Veto of late abortion ban shapes politics of compromise
President Clinton seeks a veto ready bill as Congress edges toward late-term abortion legislation. Daschle faced mixed support after backing a compromise while critics call the measure a sham. Contested issue centers on intact dilation and extraction and health of the mother with Clinton signaling consistency on his past veto stance.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Ashington
Clinton
Senate
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Airtelg
Daschle
Gress
Ann Lewis
White House
Planned Parenthood
Helen Alvaro
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Supreme Court
U.S
National Right To Life Committee
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
Rick Santorum
Lewis
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