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A financing program aimed at spurring economic development is causing a rift among Kansas Republican legislators. While Republicans tend to stick together and overwhelm the other party with their two-thirds majority, this particular issue has not recognized any party lines. STAR Bonds, short for Sales Tax and Revenue Bonds, allows municipalities to issue bonds to finance development of major commercial, entertainment and tourism projects. Bonds are paid off through sales tax revenue generated by the project. The program expires in June, but the Kansas Department of Commerce wants to extend it...

Kansas Medicaid expansion faces steep climb after quick rejection in first 2021 debate Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star Mar. 3—TOPEKA — Kansas Medicaid expansion was dealt another setback Wednesday in its first formal debate this year, as lawmakers signaled that the proposal, long a Democratic priority, was unlikely to go anywhere this session. Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa Democrat, introduced expansion as an amendment to a bill that sought to create a certification and funding process for community mental health clinics. It also authorized out-of-state ...

POLITICO Only a handful of U.S. states remain holdouts. Will 2021 change that? Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka. | John Hanna/AP Photo Link Copied Marijuana legalization advocates have their eyes on the final frontiers of full prohibition. Only two states — Nebraska and Idaho — have never passed any sort of medical marijuana law. There are now movements afoot in both states — as well as several others with very restrictive programs — to change that as soon as this year. If the medical marijuana campaigns prevail in those last remainin...

Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector photo by: Associated Press The Kansas senate debates Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 at the statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP) Topeka — The Kansas Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would greatly expand a tax credit program for private school scholarships, with Republican legislators batting away several intraparty dissenters and suggested amendments in a lengthy debate. The program that the bill would affect uses tax credits to reimburse donations that fund scholarships for private schools — up to a 70% reimbursement of a...

25 Years Ago – 1996 Julie Kottsick, sponsored by the Hair For You Salon, has been crowned the 1996 Winter Daze Queen during the annual pageant held at the Mandan High School Auditorium. Peggy Wright, sponsored by Brunsoman, Leifur and Mattern Dental Associates, Bismarck, was chosen as the Winter Daze Princess. Kottsick will reign over all Winter Daze events during February. This year’s theme was “Remember When.” Nine candidates participated in the pageant. This year’s Winter Daze activities include: a Caribbean Beach Party, with dancing in the sand to “Night L...