Tag: Budget
With only three of the eight Iola City Council members on hand, a strategic planning session Wednesday dealt more with questions than answers. Still, members addressed a number of general topics that City Administrator Sid…
In the wake of Sept. 11, federal officials said the United States needed a new, state-of-the-art facility to defend against bioterrorism and stop diseases that could devastate the countrys farm economy and threaten human lives.…
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is reviving his border wall fight, preparing a new budget that will seek $8.6 billion for his signature project, impose steep spending cuts to other domestic programs and set…
As a candidate for president, Donald Trump made some bold predictions about deficits. He said the federal budget would be balanced ?relatively quickly.? He also pledged to reduce the trade deficit, promising to withdraw from…
An examination of Iolas finances triggered by different balance figures from a pair of financial quarterly reports from 2017 revealed no signs of error or malfeasance. The conclusion was announced last week by…
The Kansas Legislature opened its 2019 session on Jan. 14. It will most likely close up shop sometime in May. Governor Laura Kelly came into office with a well-defined agenda, and lots of optimistic Democrats…
WASHINGTON (AP) Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle…
Republican leaders in the Kansas Senate are forging ahead with plans to plow millions into tax relief that would largely benefit big business. Some Democrats and more moderate Republicans suspect its also a strategy to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has trouble keeping road equipment operators from leaving for other, better-paying jobs so much so that supervisors worry about being able to cobble together crews to clear snow after…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys election victory suggested that Kansas repudiated past GOP fiscal policies, yet voters also encouraged top Republicans to pursue income tax relief by giving conservatives more power in…
