The Kansas Legislature was finally able to pass long awaited tax reform over the weekend following months of debate between the legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly. The bill will cut taxes by $1.57 billion over the next three years, following the failure to pass a $1.4 billion package that was negotiated on between Kelly and Republican leaders in the House and Senate. The measure advanced 24-9 in the Senate and unanimously in the House and now heads to the governor’s desk for final approval. 67th District State Rep. Mike Dodson opposed the original bill because it only cut one income bracket but supported the…
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AJ Shaw
Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, AJ joined KMAN in the Summer of 2023 and is currently a news/sports reporter, producer and host of Scoreboard Saturday. You can contact him at aj@1350kman.com.
The annual Manhattan’s Got Talent show is coming back to Manhattan High School tomorrow evening. The show which is hosted by the Manhattan High interpersonal skills and special education department. IPS teacher and Special Education co-department head Jamie Schnee says the show has plenty of great acts that’ll provide a number of laughs and emotions. “We’ve got twenty amazing acts from students across the interpersonal skills department,” she said. “We also have students across Manhattan High School performing as well. I promise a lot of laughs and emotions at tomorrow’s show.” Admission is free to enter but the show is…
The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved three resolutions on Tuesday to provide sales tax exemptions for three housing projects in the city of Manhattan. The three projects included Sunflower Flats, Cypress Ridge and the Hunter Drive Apartments. Throughout their discussion on Tuesday, the commissioners were comfortable with using industrial revenue bonds on the projects. The city will commit over $312,000 in incentives to cover building fees and water and sewer connection, paid for primarily through the city’s workforce housing sales tax fund, with economic development funds covering the remainder, according to Mayor Wynn Butler. “My preference is we use job force funds so we stay…
On Tuesday’s edition of The Game, the guys talk about Chris Klieman’s favorite guy joining the Chiefs and Mitch gives his Jabroni of the Week.
With the impending retirement of CEO Robbin Cole at Pawnee Mental Health Services, a new CEO is set to the take the reins in the coming months. Michael Rezkalla was appointed by the Pawnee Mental Health Governing Board in late-January and he has been working with Cole through the transition before her retirement. Rezkalla arrived in Manhattan from Worchester, Massachusetts where he worked for UMass Memorial Community Healthlink, which is a large multi-service, behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment and community health provider. Outgoing CEO Cole said she couldn’t be more happy with the board’s choice of Rezkalla. “The board…
On Tuesday, Kansas State University held a town hall meeting as they begin the process of the university’s new master plan. It has been 12 years since the university last adopted a master plan. Tuesday’s meeting was held at the K-State Alumni Association Building and saw students, faculty and alumni as they provided their input on the initial steps in the planning process. “We’re trying to get as many voices together so they can engage from us on what they like about the plan and what can be improved on campus,” said Neal Kessler of SmithGroup. Associate vice president of…
On this week’s edition of Wildcat Insider, Wyatt and Mitch discuss the end of K-State WBB’s season and K-State AD Gene Taylor calls into the show.
A Manhattan legislator has an update on proposed Medicaid expansion in the state of Kansas. Rep. Sydney Carlin of the 66th legislative district spoke about the bill’s progress in the Kansas House. “The bill will not be coming to the floor,” she said. “The committee chair decided not to bring it to the floor for a vote.” Carlin says that all House legislators from the Manhattan area outside of herself voted against an amendment in favor of Medicaid expansion. “I’m very unhappy about that,” Carlin said. The only way to get the proposed bill to the floor of the Kansas…
On Tuesday’s edition of The Game, K-State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie calls in and Mitch gives his prediction for tonight men’s game against Iowa.
On this week’s edition of Wildcat Insider, the Voice of the Wildcats Wyatt Thompson calls in from the road and former The Game co-host Tyler Dreiling joins the show to discuss the 2024 Booth Creek Wagyu Bracket Challenge.