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Newspaper
The Hays Daily News
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 2015
Page
1
Weather brief notes tonight partly cloudy with a low near 76 and southwest winds 7 to 16 mph. Wednesday promises sun and heat with a high near 100 and southwest winds 16 to 24 mph. This issue marks a local salute to James Murphy.
Ellis County Commission met in a four hour session to address 2016 budget gaps tied to falling oil and gas revenue. Officials noted 2015 began with 376000 less cash than planned, affecting reserves for 2015 and future years. Bevan cautioned about revenue estimates and a mill levy rise to match income, though members favored avoiding rate hikes.
Consecutive days of 100 degree heat push Kansas wheat harvest west. Trucks head to area elevators as cutting begins across much of the state including south central, north central and southwest Kansas. Harvest estimates place the crop at 314.5 million bushels, up from 246 million last year with early reports noting decent yields and higher test weights.
Four university leaders Wichita State Kansas State Pittsburg State and Fort Hays State say they will decline or donate their 2 percent raises after Kansas Board of Regents approved the increases alongside a 3.6 percent tuition hike. Fort Hays Mirta Martin and Pittsburg State Steve Scott pledged gifts or future use of the funds while Kansas State President Kirk Schulz and KU’s Bernadette Gray-Little weighed their options, citing others not receiving raises.
Kansas economy faces slowdown as manufacturing falters per the Mid-American index by Creighton University economist Ernie Goss. May reading 49.7 signals contraction. April was 51.2. Rural Main Street index at 48.2 shows ongoing weakness, with energy prices and a strong dollar cited as drag on exports and demand.
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