TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators are resuming work on proposals to reduce sales and income taxes even though they’ve already approved a package of aggressive tax cuts. Three House and three Senate negotiators said they’re meeting Monday afternoon to draft an alternative to the tax plan that cleared the Legislature last week. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback pushed the GOP-controlled Legislature to cut income taxes and has said he’s willing to sign the plan already approved by lawmakers. It cuts individual income tax rates, exempts 191,000 businesses from income taxes and reduces the sales tax to 5.7 percent in from its…
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State University has hired an internationally known pharmacology expert to direct a center at the university involved with improving animal health and food safety. Jim Riviere, director of the Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics at North Carolina State University, starts at Kansas State on Aug. 1. His annual salary is $260,000. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Riviere is the first member of the National Academy of Sciences to join the Kansas State faculty. He’ll be a distinguished professor in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology in the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He will…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A convicted murderer has lost a motion for a continuance in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against him by the children of his victim. Roger Hollister is serving a life sentence for the 2009 murder of 58-year-old Patricia Kimmi of rural Horton. Kimmi’s children in September sued Hollister. They also are suing their father, Eugene Kimmi, and Hollister’s wife, Rebbeca Hollister. They claim the three conspired to kill Patricia Kimmi. Horton is the only person charged or convicted in the case. Hollister sought a continuance in March because he wanted to hire an attorney. The Topeka Capital-Journal…
ABBYVILLE, Kan. (AP) It’s going to be a busy week for the nearly 90 residents of the Reno County town of Abbyville. They are getting ready for the 50th edition of the Abbyville Rodeo, which will draw thousands to town on Friday and Saturday. The town’s residents all come together to get the rodeo grounds ready, fix the food and do other preparation for the rodeo and spectators. The Hutchinson News reports Abbyville is one of the smallest towns in the country to host a nationally sanctioned professional rodeo.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police are looking for the driver of a motorcycle that hit a man, injuring him so severely that part of his leg had to be amputated. Twenty-six-year-old Jeffrey W. Nusser was hit by the motorcycle Saturday night as he crossed a street in Hutchinson. Police Lt. John Moore says the driver of the motorcycle left the scene. Nusser was flown to Via Christi Medical Center at St. Francis, where his right leg was amputated below the knee. Moore says the motorcycle involved was a cruiser bike with ape-hanger handle bars.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Legislators are returning to the Statehouse to finish work on the proposed $14 billion Kansas budget for 2013. Monday is the 93rd day of the session and the 20th day of the wrap-up session, the longest in the state’s history. Three House and three Senate negotiators met Saturday but stuck to minor budget issues. The budget calls for spending some $6 billion in state tax dollars and fees in the fiscal year beginning July 1, covering most government programs. Negotiators are at odds over how to fund increases in public schools, including how much to boost spending…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A proposal to require government contractors in Kansas to use the federal E-Verify database to ensure employees aren’t illegal immigrants won’t survive legislative negotiations over the state budget. House and Senate negotiators have concluded they don’t want to include a major policy change in the spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The proposal would require companies having contracts with the state worth more than $50,000 to submit a notarized statement saying they use E-Verify to check the status of new employees. During a debate last week, Rep. Anthony Brown, a Eudora Republican, persuaded House…
KMAN news has confirmed that the juvenile killed in a Pottawatomie County hunting accident this past weekend was Mitchell “Gus” Hermreck, 15, of Onaga. The Pottawatomie county sheriff’s department indicated they were contacted at about 7:15 Saturday morning of an accident near Cow Creek and Firefly roads in rural Havensville. Hermreck was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Detectives with the Sheriff’s office and Kansas Wildlife and Parks learned Hermreck had been turkey hunting with a friend and was accidentally shot by the friend. Mass of Christian Burial for Hermreck will be Wednesday morning. The Chapel Oaks Funeral…
A multiple fatality accident caused traffic to be blocked on K-18 for five and a half hours Monday morning. Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. Greg Harkrader tells KMAN the call came in shortly before three in the morning. Harkrader adds at least two have died in connection with the accident. According to the Kansas Highway patrol report Elizabeth Young, 31, of White City and Micheal Stanley, 30, of Ogden were killed when their 2001 LeSabre was struck head on by the other drivers 2003 Silverado driven by Miles Theurer, 23, of Wellington. Theurer was reported to be driving the wrong way eastbound on…