AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - A lowkey approach will work wonders in a tight situation. Offer intelligent and forward-thinking ideas and plans. Take precautions and ward off injury or illness. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Initiate activities with friends. Share your feelings and intentions. A trial run would be a good call. Clear favors or debts owed before you move on. Choose love over discord.
TOPEKA — Assessments by the Kansas budget director and an independent tax policy institute Monday showed the flat tax proposal by the Kansas Chamber would reduce the state budget by $1.5 billion per year and primarily benefit the state’s most affluent wage earners.
TOPEKA — Gullible Kansas consumers and the state’s elderly population repeatedly victimized by telephone scammers land on so-called sucker lists sold to unscrupulous marketers, charities and organizations willing to pay for leads on potential victims.
TOPEKA — State Treasurer Steven Johnson endorsed legislation Tuesday adding $1 billion to Kansas’ budget stablization fund and recommended the bill include provisions prohibiting withdrawals from the rainy-day account for one-time state government expenditures.
TOPEKA — The restaurant industry statewide has been plagued by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and workforce shortages, with new issues making it difficult for restaurant owners to bounce back, officials have said.
TOPEKA, Kansas — Christina Smith says her son has threatened to kill her. Smith was recovering from knee surgery when her child threw her against a wall because he didn’t want to go back to a psychiatric ward.
WICHITA — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have introduced legislation that would outlaw abortion beginning at fertilization — without exceptions for rape, incest or to save the life or health of the mother.
MANHATTAN — In looking at the shifting amounts of money in retirement accounts, it is easy to see that markets run in cycles. In much the same way, the size of the beef cattle operation shifts in response to several factors including market demand, feed availability and other things, say the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute.
MANHATTAN – A University of Missouri professor whose work includes producing genetically engineered pigs that may one day contribute to human organ transplants will be a featured speaker during Kansas State University’s Swine Profitability conference on Feb. 7.
TOPEKA — Following the unveiling of a flat tax proposal that would cost the state $1.5 billion, Gov. Laura Kelly once again rallied Kansans to her tax cut plan, saying any bill passed this legislative session needs to be fiscally responsible.