Taxes, budget cuts and sequestration seemed to be the main topics discussed during Saturday morning’s Legislative Coffee. Representative of the 66th District, Sydney Carlin was the first to share her concerns and thoughts on some of the current issues. Carlin mentioned, tax revenues are down from where they should have been at the end of February. Taxes are down $33 million, and the sales tax is down $800,000 in particular. Carlin also commented on the home mortgage negotiation, calling it a “disturbing trend” that is coming into the tax policy involving “tweeking” home mortgages. Representative of the 67th District, Tom…
Author: KMAN Staff
President Barack Obama has signed an order authorizing the government to begin cutting $85 billion from federal accounts, officially enacting across-the-board reductions that he opposed but failed to avert.
A large gathering of area business leaders converged on the Manhattan Conference Center Friday night. It was the 88th annual Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce meeting and Banquet. The banquet marked a time of change, and recognition of outstanding members and volunteers from the past year. Outgoing Chair of the Chamber Dan Yunk passed the gavel to the new Chair Frank Beer. Chamber director Lyle Butler says it has been another record breaking year for attendance at the event with over 561 attendees. Butler says the chair changeover is only one of the events which highlight the evening, and everyone…
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says $46 billion in budget cuts won’t keep the military from being “the best fighting force in the world.” Hagel says he’s confident the president and Congress will reach agreement.
Mitch Holthus joined the guys on “The Game” Friday to talk Big 12 hoops, K-State’s Big 12 title run and the Chiefs signing Alex Smith. [mp3-jplayer]
Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress who won fame as a divorced mom on the long-running TV sitcom “One Day at a Time,” has died.
President Obama and congressional leaders have held their first talks of the year on the deficit standoff, but they’re still far apart — and didn’t even try to halt across-the-board spending cuts that are hitting Friday.
Debora Howser has been named the Executive Director of Special Services for USD 383. Howser comes to USD 383 from Topeka Public Schools were she serves as a consulting teacher. Prior to that, she was the Director of Special Services for USD 372 in Silver Lake for five years. She has also been a special education teacher in several Kansas school districts. She has a B. Ed. in Elementary Education and a M. Ed. in Interrelated Special Education from Washburn University. She is currently working on her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Kansas State University. “I am very excited…
Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo welcomed a new addition this week – a baby chimpanzee. Born Tuesday morning at the AZA-accredited institution, the healthy baby boy is mother Hazina’s second offspring at Sunset Zoo. Mom and baby can be seen by the public beginning this Saturday, March 2 from Noon to 5pm. Due to the cooler weather, the chimpanzee troop will likely be in their indoor exhibit viewable inside the Ballard Gallery along the African Trail. “Births like this are a testament to our AZA community – a great example of how we ensure these endangered animals are around for generations to…
As part of an ongoing investigation into the distribution of illegal substances in Riley County by the Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit, an arrest has been made. Jason Graham, 35, of Manhattan, was arrested in the 700 block of Diebler, Thursday on a number of different charges. These include the unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance, possession of GHB with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, uses of communications facilities to facilitate drug transactions, four counts of no drug tax stamp, and misdemeanor charges of…