Sunday, January 22, 2012

Brownbackistan State-wide News Round-up 22 Jan. 2012

Gov.'s tax plan floundering in Legislature
Topeka Capital Journal
Sam Brownback miscalculated the intensity of political opposition generated by his plan to retain the state sales tax at 6.3 percent. By Tim Carpenter Democrats proclaimed and House Republicans inferred Friday the wheels were falling off of Gov. ...
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'Best anti-poverty' tax measure on chopping block
Topeka Capital Journal
Sam Brownback's Republican administration. Brownback staffers say the EITC is rife with fraud and the tax code is no place for “social engineering.” But Alice Lieberman, of The University of Kansas school of social welfare, says Reagan was correct. ...
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Republican eyes primary challenge against SE Kansas House member Peck
The Republic
Sam Brownback to rewrite the state's school finance law. The governor's plan would scrap the current system and give local school boards more sway in how they spend and raise education revenues. Kopfman said going to a system that relies more on local ...
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