Limit Tax Breaks For Kansas Communities Warned By KU Expert
A KU business professor urged lawmakers to curb local property tax abatements used to attract manufacturing and other operations. He warned that without restrictions communities risk eroding tax bases and harming each other while prospects bargain for ever larger incentives. He called for proof of economic benefits and state restrictions to preserve balances.
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Miami County
Kansas
Institute of Public Policy and Business Research
Charles Krider
Legislative
Krider
Paola
School suspensions over teen drinking stir debate in Garden City
High school officials punish 13 football players with one game suspensions and five female athletes for beer bust participation. The action prompts thoughts of fairness as only fall sport athletes are covered, with talk of broadening rules to include all activities while highlighting a need for teen entertainment alternatives. Community notes Syracuse faces similar entertainment voids as schools seek balance.
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Stanton County
Syracuse
Wall Street Therapy Doubled as Markets Go Crazy
A skeptical reader mocks the market’s volatility and the pundits who explain it. He recalls frantic trading phrases, laments deficits fears, and dismisses experts while noting that anything can happen and it probably will.
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Robert Bork
Bork
Public Emotion in Politics Over Bork and Schroeder
The author argues tears in public life spark unequal judgments. They defend Robert Bork's emotional moment and Rep. Pat Schroeder's sorrow, noting double standards in media and public reaction. Crying should not define virtue or vice or a candidate’s toughness.
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Robert Bork
Pat Schroeder
Colorado
Bork
Schroeder
Edmund
Muskie
Harry Truman
Senate
Friends and foes test Bush Kemp Kirkpatrick 1988 race
AP reports George Bush defends no tax raises while facing scrutiny from allies and rivals. Jack Kemp weighs the field as Jeane Kirkpatrick contemplates a bid, then wavers. Patrick Buchanan and Richard Viguerie critique Kemp's style as Bush shifts with Reaganomics.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington (Ap
George Bush
Reaganomics
Reagan
Bush
Jack Kemp
Jeane Kirkpatrick
New York
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1987 Oct
Ottawa Herald lists delivery and mail rates effective October 1 1987 for local Franklin County surrounding areas and all other regions with monthly quarterly semiannual and annual options. Local rate 4.50 per month 12.50 per quarter 24.05 per six months 46.00 per year. Out of state subscribers pay 5.5 percent sales tax.
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Giawa
Franklin County
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